It’s difficult to explain just how awe-inspiring it was to watch Avatar on the big screen, for the first time, back in 2009. The film didn’t just transport audiences to Pandora; it leveraged the ...

Director William David Caballero and his mother bring loved ones back to – audio and visual – life via a range of tools, "discovering that every act of creation is also an act of letting go." ...

SAN ANTONIO — April 8, 2025 – Southwest Research Institute has launched a new markerless motion capture system that simplifies how film and gaming studios capture human movement for 3D animations.

The technical wizardry that brings characters in blockbusters like “Avatar” and the new “Alice in Wonderland” to life has brought a new source of labor dispute to Hollywood: Are these genuine acting ...

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Motion capture is a key part of creating digital characters in video games, movies and TV shows. In a way, motion capture is nearly as old as film itself. Rotoscoping, when animators would capture the ...

When actor Andy Serkis approaches the security gate on a studio lot, he probably should have his photo ID ready. Serkis may be the most famous film actor people don’t recognize. He played Gollum in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — “I don’t think there’s such a thing as a performance-capture or motion-capture actor,” Andy Serkis says. “Any actor can do it. I’ve just embraced it, is all.” Indeed he has. The ...

Jump into STEM with motion capture! Motion capture technician Lia Fry teaches Aikem how animators measure actor performances and translate them into animations for TV, movies, video games, and more!

Making AI films practical with VEO 3.1 for smoother dialogue and camera motion libraries, so scenes read clean and feel cinematic.