Each time I move my arm, the frog on screen extends his. I drop into a low splits and the frog follows suit, even mirroring me when I transition into a handstand. Yes, his hands float a little over ...

In sport, the margin between success and failure is often measured in milliseconds. It could be a cricketer adjusting their foot positioning, a runner refining their sprint start or a footballer ...

(2) Entering a movement pattern into the computer. Also called "performance capture," motion capture refers to people wearing sensors or markers on body parts while dancing, fighting, etc. The motion ...

The motion capture tech that helped bring films like "Lord of the Rings" to life is helping postoperative patients with their recovery. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles ...

Callum Murray is a writer based in the North of England. His love of movies and television formed as a young child, and it continues to flourish. His character is the owner of Hackett's Quarry summer ...

Motion capture technology is the stuff of magic. I learned this firsthand when I put on a black onesie interspersed with sensors, waved my hands in the air, and watched a frog on the screen next to me ...

Modern motion-capture systems are the product of a century of tinkering, innovation and computational advances. Mocap was born a lifetime before Gollum hit the big screen in The Lord of the Rings, and ...