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 ...

Zoe Saldaña breaks down the work that goes into motion capture. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I’m going to keep hoping that ...

Motion capture is a key part of creating digital characters in video games, movies and TV shows. In a way, motion capture is nearly as old as film itself. Rotoscoping, when animators would capture the ...

SAN ANTONIO — April 8, 2025 – Southwest Research Institute has launched a new markerless motion capture system that simplifies how film and gaming studios capture human movement for 3D animations.

ORLANDO, Fla. — “I don’t think there’s such a thing as a performance-capture or motion-capture actor,” Andy Serkis says. “Any actor can do it. I’ve just embraced it, is all.” Indeed he has. The ...

June 4 (Reuters) - Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab has settled allegations that its film studios misused another company's motion-capture technology in "Avengers: Age of Ultron," "Deadpool," "Guardians ...

Jim Carrey was recently asked by ComicBook.com if there was one character from his beloved movie career that he’d love the opportunity to play again. His answer? The Grinch, but only if he did it via ...

The Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (John Raoux/AP) OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Disney still faces potential liability in another lawsuit from a tech company that claims ...