From news@earthlink.net Tue Jan 24 19:43:42 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.32 ) id AA06989; Tue, 24 Jan 95 19:43:42 -0800 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA11853; Tue, 24 Jan 95 19:42:14 -0800 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA21285; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 19:38:20 -0800 Received: from moon.earthlink.net by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyadq28640; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 22:42:07 -0500 Received: by moon.earthlink.net (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.2) id ; Tue, 24 Jan 95 19:37 PST To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: usenet From: almenache@earthlink.com Newsgroups: rec.games.xtank.programmer,rec.video.production,sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Optical Motion Capture Studio Date: 25 Jan 1995 03:37:40 GMT Organization: ThreeSpace Lines: 18 Message-Id: <3g4h24$d6p@moon.earthlink.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: almenache.earthlink.net X-Newsreader: AIR News 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) Status: OR ThreeSpace, a Los Angeles based computer animation and interactive media company has opened an Optical Motion Capture Studio for Film, Video and Games Production The studio will function as a service bureau for other computer animation and game development companies, as well as for in-house production. The optical based system is able to handle up to 120 samples per second of data without the need of heavy suits and cables, and the resulting data is much cleaner than with the commonly used magnetic systems. It uses multiple cameras to record the motion of actors wearing reflective markers. The video images are then processed and the systems computer combines the multiple camera views to mathematically locate the 3D coordinates of each marker. The raw data generated by the system is then filtered with ThreeSpaces proprietary software to be integrated into most computer animation packages. Complex and fast motions, such as gymnastic flips with twists can be captured quickly, reducing the time animators would otherwise have to spend working on inverse kinematics software to obtain a much less believable result. For more information please call ThreeSpace at (310)837-4450, fax at (310)837-4470 or e-mail at almenache@earthlink.net