At 07:48 03.01.2002 -0800, you wrote: >Sal, > >What kind of motion capture are you referring to? i've noticed this confusion as well. the term "motion capture", if i am not mistaken, was traditionally used for the systems film makers use to make animated film figures move more realistically. there may be some exceptions, but these are generally not real-time systems and involve quite elaborate specially-built studios and sensor hardware/software systems. I've noticed a tendency to use the term to refer to systems such as Antonio Camurri's and ours (EyeCon) as well. That is, systems which have nothing directly to do with generating animated films, but instead which are used in live performance situations to analyze and translate human motion or dance into other media. Maybe its confusing, but I too have started calling such systems, "motion capture". They do, after all, "capture" the dancer's motion and make it available to do something with it. yours truly, robert wechsler >If I read David >correctly, he is considering about Motion Capture animation which has >nothing to do with iMovie or Firewire Ports until you are very far along in >the pipeline and ready to output... which means after the capture, clean up >of data and rendering. > >David, I wrote a paper that describes the basic hardware/software....etc. >I'll send it under separate cover. Also, check on the dance-tech archives. >There has been some discussion about motion and I believe there references >to sites such as Vicon, Motion Analysis (both optical systems) and others. > >Hope this helps, >Lisa > > >>David >> >>I would take the time to consider a low end Mac for simple motion capture. >> >>Every Mac ships with iMovie and FireWire Ports (for Digital Video Cameras). >> >>There is an apple in the UK which you can ask questions of. >> >>Their website is: http://www.apple.com/uk/ >> >>Not trying to sell you anything, just asking you to consider alternatives. >> >>Kind Regards, >> >>Sal Abohamed >> >>Apple Computer Australia Pty Ltd >>16 Rodborough Rd, Frenchs Forest NSW 2860 >>TEL: 02 9641 8579 >>FAX: 02 9641 8160 >>ABN: 46 002 510 054 >> >>> From: David Yoken <David.Yoken@turkuamk.fi> >>> Reply-To: dance-tech@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu >>> Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 08:56:51 +0200 >>> To: dance-tech@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu >>> Subject: A question.... >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Would any one have the time or interest to respond to this seemingly simple >>> (perhaps not) question: >>> >>> >>> What basic hard/software is/are required for "Motion Capture": specific >>> brand and model numbers....? We are working with Life Forms in Windows NT >>> format. >>> >>> Many thanks and warm holiday greetings from up north, >>> >>> David >>> >>> David Yoken >>> Arts Academy >>> Turku Polytechnic Linnankatu 54 20100 Turku FINLAND >>> tel: 358 (0) 10 553 5237 mobile: 358 (0) 50 598 5217 >>> FAX: 358 (0) 10 553 5200 email: david.yoken@turkuamk.fi >>> > >===================================== >Dr. Lisa Naugle >Assistant Professor >Dance and Technology >University of California, Irvine >School of the Arts, Department of Dance >MAB 300 >Irvine, California 92697-2775 >email: lnaugle@uci.edu >tel: (949) 824-3209 >fax: (949) 824-4563 >http://www.arts.uci.edu/lnaugle/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robert Wechsler Artistic Director PALINDROME Inter-media Performance Group Johannisstr. 42 90419 Nürnberg fon: 49 911 39 74 72 fax: 49 911 377 8311 mobile: 49 179 511 0400 http://www.palindrome.de
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