Motion Capture Analysis

  Video Motion is a branch of Video Analytics that intends to create a virtual image based on real motions.

            Where can we implement these techniques?

  Since decades ago the film industry has been connecting animations and virtual scenes with real motions. Gone are the times of drawing every scene with a pencil. By taking advantage of these technics the quality of films has been improved. As an example, everyone can remember “The Lord of the rings” where one of its more popular characters, Gollum, was completely made of Video Motions’ technics.

 Also some companies related to video games are using Video Motion. Through transfer the real movements from the actor that is embodying a super hero or from the NBA player, we make the game experience much more realistic and valuable for the consumers. We now introduce one leading company in motion capturing industry.

Established in 1982, Motion analysis is leading company in the industry for 3D passive optical motion capture. It develops and provides motion capture hardware and software around world. Such motion capture equipment is using in various sector, such as entertainment, movement analysis, and industrials.

  One of Motion analysis’s remarkable products is eagle digital system, the first system applied digital camera method, and it opened the era of digitalization in motion capture industry. This system provides real time value so that more accurate high quality data could be delivered to analyst with reducing cost and time.

  Their works in entertainment industry includes Film, video games, broadcast, and animation.  Using MAC system, producer could capture multiple actors with their body movements, while the system dramatically reduce the cost and time.  Movie Matrix, Iron man 2, and Final fantasy were created by MAC system.

  In the movement analysis sector, Motion analysis specializes in gait analysis, rehabilitation, sport performance, and medical robotics. With Motion Analysis Real time system, it provides state-of-the-art motion capture, which allow the analyst to quantify the interval of extremity function in Patients with stroke, head injury, and Parkinson’s diseases. 

   source: 1) http://www.motionanalysis.com/html/movement/movement.html
                2)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQ9MPjk5dI
                3)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_capture
                4)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_motion_analysis