Let's Talk About Mocap #6

This is the sixth edition of the one and only newsletter about the wonderful world of motion capture.

If you would like to know more about the background of this newsletter, please check out edition #1.

Let's Talk About Mocap #6 - March 2024

1?? Mocap Content Creators Conference (MCCC) - Fourth edition

Get ready for the fourth ?????????? ?????????????? ???????????????? ???????????????????? (????????) on March 12. Explore the world of mocap creators with speakers such as Edward Green , Teflon Sega , Debi Wong and companies like HEAT and Mindshow .

It's a free online event, the last one (the Metaverse Chapter) in 2022, I even hosted myself.

?? https://www.movella.com/resources/live-stream/mccc-2024-bridging-technology-and-art

2?? NO CGI is really just INVISIBLE CGI - Episode 3

VFX supervisor Jonas Ussing takes the third deep dive into the world of invisible CGI. This time he addresses some shady blue screen removals and talks about Barbie and Oppenheimer.

If you have not seen the previous ones, make sure to check out his The Movie Rabbit Hole YouTube channel.

?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGPHy3yWE08

3?? Barbie VFX doll

Mattel released four new Barbie models in the Career of the Year Barbie collection, aimed at the film set. The Hollywood Reporter jumped in and added the dolls that were missing. This included the Assistant, the Mocap Barbie, the Indie Producer, the Below the Line Barbie, and the AI Barbie.

?? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/assistant-indie-producer-ai-barbie-pitches-mattel-women-in-film-1235803449/

4?? The 5 Stages of Movement by Eric Jacobus

Eric Jacobus from SuperAlloy Interactive released a video going into The 5 Stages of Movement principle to better align motion capture acting and directing. This 10-minute video goes into the world of performance capture and Gameplay capture and he comes up with an universal ' Movement Grammer' to make mocap acting and directing more effective.

?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8bD4FG2wUA

5?? Live mocap at the Super Bowl

This year's Super Bowl was extra entertaining with Silver Spoon and Nickelodeon . During this massive live event, they included many live AR elements and characters. This included live motion capture for SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star using Xsens Entertainment | Movella .

?? https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/silverspoonny_silver-spoon-and-nickelodeon-partner-to-produce-activity-7171516386417053696-JXMR

6?? Check out these posts

Every month I will share a selection of my LinkedIn posts that have mocap relevancy. Go check them out in case you missed them:

??Halo Series mocap ?? Link to post

??Motion capture for stop-motion game ???????????? ?????????????? ?? Link to post

??Why add an inertial mocap to an optical setup? ?? Link to post

??Jinx dance pipeline ?? Link to post

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