With motion capture becoming increasingly popular production technique, the Screen Actors Guild is investigating how thesps perform the work — a signal the issue may emerge as a factor in next year’s ...

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The technical wizardry that brings characters in blockbusters like “Avatar” and the new “Alice in Wonderland” to life has brought a new source of labor dispute to Hollywood: Are these genuine acting ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Every year at the Game Developers Conference, a handful of competing companies show off their latest motion-capture technology, which transforms human performances into 3D animations ...

Motion-capture performances really took hold of Hollywood in the 2000s, when the treacherous hobbit Gollum helped Sam and Frodo make their way to Mordor to destroy the one ring to rule them all. As ...

Research has shown that a substantial portion of patients who are prescribed physical therapy fail to complete their treatment plans. In fact, one study found that only 43% of patients adhered to ...

Motion capture work for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is now complete, according to Yuri Lowenthal, the voice actor behind Peter Parker in Insomniac Games‘ critically acclaimed web-slinging PlayStation games.

My role at the University of Salford is quite dynamic, which is something I truly enjoy. I am currently part of a two-person team that manages the Motion Capture space within the School of Arts, Media ...

The Hollywood crew union has positioned this organizing drive as historic, with its international president saying the 2K workers "will inspire others in the industry to follow suit." By Katie ...