Motion Capture: The Technology That Makes Work Easy For Animator Motion capture also known as MoCap is a way you can digitally record human movements. The recorded motion capture data is mapped on a digital model in 3D software example 3D, Maya or 3D Studio Max. Here the digital character and the moves of the actor is captured and is recorded for visual enhancement.
The MoCap technology is used in the entertainment industry mainly for films, games, advertisement to get more realistic human movements. Well lets Close our eyes and go back and back in time. Remember Picture Jar Jar Binks or Polar Express, movies that put the "Uncanny Valley" on the map? The technology like motion capture (mo-cap) has laid its seeds from there only. From there to now, the technology has not only advanced but had a huge leap, where we can see the relevance of motion capture from Lord of the Rings' Gollum to Avatar to The Avengers' Hulk.