motion capture
noun
: a technology for digitally recording specific movements of a person (such as an actor) and translating them into computer-animated images
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The school launched an Innovation Studio this spring to help actors engage with new theater technologies and has seen its grad actors work with the new Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center on motion capture.
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Human dancers perform movements while wearing motion capture suits, and this data is fed into Atlas' learning model.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The computer animation company is responsible for various digital effects, including the motion capture technology used in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies along with the Planet of the Apes movies.
—Diane J. Cho, People.com, 28 June 2025
Fun fact: According to press notes, there are more motion capture performances in the film than real humans.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
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Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Human dancers perform movements while wearing motion capture suits, and this data is fed into Atlas' learning model.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The computer animation company is responsible for various digital effects, including the motion capture technology used in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies along with the Planet of the Apes movies.
—Diane J. Cho, People.com, 28 June 2025
Fun fact: According to press notes, there are more motion capture performances in the film than real humans.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for motion capture
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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