Motion Capture - Dissertation

#1

Hey all,
I’ve just finished my second year at the University of Bolton on the SFX course (though I’m studying VFX) and I’ve been looking into what to do as the focus in my dissertation.

The Idea I have now is to research into motion capture techniques and to create some mo-capped characters.

My questions are;

  1. What is the software used at the big production companies and the general workflow of motion capture?

  2. Would it be a worthwhile to study motion capture? I’m assuming its only used often in the bigger companies and they would employ specialists in these kind of areas, so would it actually be a worthwhile skill to graduate with and put on my showreel?

Any advice appreciated,

Jay.

#2

I think Autodesk Motion builder is using for motion capture technology, also houdini.

#3

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