Introduction
If anyone asks us “Do you think motion capture will replace key-frame animation?” we will say “No.”
Motion capture (mocap) is a very fast and accurate way to bring human motion into a 3D computer animation, but it is not always the best way. Mocap technology exhibits its remarkable strengths for some projects while other methods, such as key-framing, work much better for some other projects. We all need to make sure that whichever the method we decide to use, that’s the most effective method for the project.
In this book, we try to give you a basic overview of motion capture based off of the most popular method which is currently (circa 2007) optical motion capture that tracks retro-reflective markers. We don’t even try to say that ...
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