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History of Motion Capture

History of Motion Capture. Dr. Midori Kitagawa Arts and Technology Program University of Texas at Dallas. Pioneers. Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904) Etienne-Jules Marray (1830 - 1904) Max Fleischer (1883 – 1972) Harold Edgerton (1903 - 1990). Eadweard Muybridge.

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History of Motion Capture

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  1. History of Motion Capture Dr. Midori Kitagawa Arts and Technology Program University of Texas at Dallas

  2. Pioneers • Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904) • Etienne-Jules Marray (1830 - 1904) • Max Fleischer (1883 – 1972) • Harold Edgerton (1903 - 1990)

  3. Eadweard Muybridge • English photographer (1830 - 1904). • Pioneered photographic studies of motion and motion-picture projection.

  4. Muybridge • In 1872 former governor of California Stanford hired Muybridge to prove all four feet of a horse were off the ground at the same time while trotting.

  5. Muybridge Used multiple cameras to capture motion of animals and humans.

  6. Muybridge

  7. Muybridge

  8. Etienne-Jules Marray • French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer (1830 - 1904). • Contributed to the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, and cinematography.

  9. Marray • Developed a single camera method chronophotography. • Objective and precise for scientific measurements.

  10. Marray

  11. Marray

  12. Marray • The photographs of a subject wearing Marrey's motion capture suit with markers show striking resemblance to motion capture data shown with a skeleton.

  13. Max Fleischer • Animator, film director and producer (1883 - 1972). • Produced Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye and Superman animation.

  14. Fleischer • Invented rotoscope

  15. Fleischer • Affected greatly by the motion picture production code of 1930 (Hays Code). • Lost competition with Disney.

  16. Harold Edgerton • Electrical engineer (1903 - 1990). • First to take high-speed color photographs. • Pioneered multi-flash and microsecond imagery.

  17. Edgerton • Captured moments in time that were too fast to be seen by the naked with a stroboscope.

  18. Edgerton

  19. Early digital attempts • Brilliance (1984) • Total Recall (1990)

  20. Brilliance (1984) • Produced by Robert Abel and Associates. • Super Bowl commercial for the Canned Food Information Council. • “Sexy Robot” was the first 3D character with realistic human movement. • Model was rotoscoped, not motion captured.

  21. Total Recall (1990) • Based on Philip K. Dick’s short. • Airport security shots were supposed to be motion capture animation. • Replaced with keyframe animation. • Won Academy Award for visual effects.

  22. Dr. Midori Kitagawa midori@utdallas.edu ATEC 1.909

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