Northwestern University engineers have developed a new system for full-body motion capture - and it doesn't require specialized rooms, expensive equipment, bulky cameras or an array of sensors.

In sport, the margin between success and failure is often measured in milliseconds. It could be a cricketer adjusting their foot positioning, a runner refining their sprint start or a footballer ...

Sony wants to make motion capture easy. Sony introduced its portable motion capture system, called Mocopi, which uses six small sensors to record movement data. The Mocopi won’t deliver Hollywood ...

Northwestern secured a record $1.05 billion in research funding this fiscal year, a 5% increase from 2023. The Daily compiled a recap of NU’s latest research developments. A group of Northwestern ...

Gen8 (‘Generate”), a team from Japan’s leading film and tech company Imagica Lab, unveiled its Motion Archive project this week. The motion capture-based effort has reached out to artists and athletes ...

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Baseball has always been as much a science as it is a sport: A sportswriter introduced the box score in 1859, and 30 years ago, the Padres’ Tony Gwynn pioneered video as a tool to improve his swing.

A new electrochemical energy harvesting device can generate electrical current from the full range of human motions and is thin enough to embed in clothing. Imagine slipping into a jacket, shirt or ...

CBR Anime Week is brought to you by HULU ANIMAYHEM Solo Leveling's CG producer has revealed how Sony's new motion capture technology, called mocopi, helped to simplify the production of Season 1's ...