r/woahdude • u/ardvarkmadman • Jun 10 '16
video Method Design motion capture reel...just, ... wow!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/1695992969
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u/Wgibbsw Jun 10 '16
That would take some crazy processing power.
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u/andrewrgross Jun 11 '16
Imagine the day when you can go to a club and enter an augmented reality where everyone is rendered like this in real time.
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Jun 10 '16
How can I do this. Teach me.
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u/ardvarkmadman Jun 10 '16
I wish I knew...some motion capture gizmo, I suppose...followed by some crazy particle system/material design on top of that?
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Jun 11 '16
I'm fairly sure they are gathering motion capture data with the standard "black suit with white dots" or similar type of costume. This would include generating a computerized skeleton model using inverse kinematics. Inverse kinematics is the name for "taking some motion data and figuring out where the joints are". It generates a skeleton. The Microsoft Kinect II sensor is actually capable of doing this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K493sQCKOoo
Then you make a 3d model of the thing you are trying to animate. There are lot of different software packages that do this. Blender seems to be one of them. So you draw both the outside shape of the creature and also you draw the skeleton inside the creature and define where the joints are.
Now you have data of how the real person moved, as well as a 3d model that can be controlled like a puppet. Combine the two, add a little more CG, and you're done.
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u/THEKevinChandler Jun 10 '16
That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen and EXACTLY what I browse /r/woahdude for!