Boing Boing » motion capture http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 22:24:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Blooper reel from LA Noire reveals its excellent motion capture technology http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/blooper-reel-from-la-noire-rev.html http://boingboing.net/2013/02/05/blooper-reel-from-la-noire-rev.html#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:22:42 +0000 Mark Frauenfelder http://boingboing.net/?p=211041

(Audio NSFW)

Matt Richardson says: "These are actual outtakes from the voice actors of LA Noire, rendered out.

These hilarious screw-ups were generated as a natural side effect of the MotionScan animation process used to create the game.

Unlike other motion-capture systems that use shiny, reflective dots to track key points as an actor moves, MotionScan generates 3D models, texture maps, and meshes directly from a stereo camera recording of an unadorned actor's performance. The result is an instant virtual copy of that performance that captures mis-timed laughs, a tongue sticking out, and errant sneezes, with only minimal touch-up needed from an animator.

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