Motion capture requires special equipment and infrastructure that can cost upward of $100,000 — but scientists have created a smartphone app and combined this with an AI algorithm to do the same job.

Jump into STEM with motion capture! Motion capture technician Lia Fry teaches Aikem how animators measure actor performances and translate them into animations for TV, movies, video games, and more!

MAGIC’s Motion Capture Lab enables students and faculty to use advanced technologies, ranging from Vicon marker-based to camera-array markerless systems, that record dynamic movements and performances ...