How to Use motion capture in a Sentence

motion capture

noun
  • EA Sports has used motion capture for its games in the past.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
  • The scene was shot over two days with Fleming, 17, and a bunch of dancers wearing motion capture suits.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • So that was a huge aspect of ape [boot] camp, as well as the eight-cam [motion capture system].
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
  • Then, for Junior, Smith would go into motion capture on a sound stage and act against the video of his Henry scenes.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Joining the franchise, Owen Teague will provide the voice and motion capture of Cornelius.
    Caroline Brew, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time, there’s a machine that’s built up around motion capture that can be a little alienating at times.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Ruffalo wrote alongside the video, which features him in a motion capture suit and shows both the actor and Hemsworth with their phones out.
    Matt McNulty, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2019
  • Dre donned a motion capture suit so that his in-game alter-ego would be informed by real-life habits.
    Elias Leight, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Sheridan recalls spending eight weeks in motion capture suits on the set of the latter movie, which then required dozens of artists to process all of the data.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 July 2023
  • The creator even enlisted his wife to help him motion capture the movements of the assistant.
    Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 12 May 2017
  • When She-Hulk appears at her sexiest, Maslany is slinking around the set in a silver motion capture suit and a helmet.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Through the motion capture technology, [the avatars] are mimicking the movement and the expression of the performer.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • That allow the series makers to push the ultra-realism of dance scenes performed in motion capture by Paris Opera dancers.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Both Notary and Vaughn-Lawlor also performed the motion capture for their characters on set.
    Robert Mitchell, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • In the video clip, Bailey can be seen on a break from filming, covered in small black dots that are used to help with motion capture in post production for an effects-heavy film.
    Dan Heching, CNN, 30 May 2023
  • Sakamoto was wearing lentil-sized motion capture markers on his face, with almost 20 of them strategically taped to the back of his hands.
    WIRED, 28 June 2023
  • One element of the show that helped inform her performance was, oddly enough, a motion capture suit.
    Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
  • Being’s story came together with the help of motion capture.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The motion capture studio allows for expression tracking, which can come in handy when a player squints during a hard pitch or grunts while diving for a ball in the field.
    Popular Science, 19 Apr. 2020
  • Part of the problem is the performances: Kratos and Atreus have some of the weakest and least effective line deliveries in a game that is full of strong voice acting and motion capture.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In addition to playing the character Kraglin, Sean had always done the motion capture work for Rocket.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
  • In this case, the system learns from motion capture of the movements performed by people dribbling basketballs.
    Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • So, to catch this in action, the research team fitted each musician with motion capture devices.
    Alison MacKey, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2019
  • In the original movie series, Serkis lent his voice and performed the motion capture for the big-eyed and scantily-clad titular creature.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
  • Actors in the video game sphere often don't just lend their voices to characters but do full performances in motion capture.
    Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 25 July 2024
  • For a character like Kaa the snake [voiced by Scarlett Johansson], motion capture isn't that helpful.
    Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2016
  • That process normally would be captured in large part during live shoots using motion capture suits on a studio sound stage.
    Mike Hume, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Benedict Cumberbatch plays Smaug through the magic of motion capture.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 28 Jan. 2022
  • In video game motion capture, actors wear special Lycra or neoprene suits with markers on them.
    Sarah Parvini, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Played by Ruffalo via motion capture, the Hulk has done a lot of grunting in the previous films but is downright talkative in Ragnarok.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2017

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