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Zoe Saldaña Urges James Cameron to Make ‘Avatar' Doc to ‘Give Us a Chance to Explain' Why Motion Capture Is the ‘Most Empowering Form of Acting'

"It gives us the credit, the ability to own 100 percent of our performance on screen," said Saldaña, who has long been a ...
Business Wire

OptiTrack Teams Up with B&H, Making Motion Capture Technology More Accessible to US Customers

CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, OptiTrack, the global leader in 3D tracking technology, announced the company is partnering with B&H, a leading equipment retailer for the media and ...
Polygon

The hell of making Avatar 2 totally paid off

There was no way James Cameron was going to make Avatar 2 like anyone else on the planet would have made Avatar 2. The pitch of “Avatar, but more water” already sounded extreme, but the obvious route ...
Forbes

Naver-Backed Motion Capture Startup Movin Expands Into AI Training Datasets For Humanoid Robots

Movin cofounder and CEO Byeoli Choi standing next to a Tracin device. Movin, a startup that develops AI-based real-time motion capture devices, has raised 4 billion won (about $2.7 million) in a ...
Ars Technica

Epic’s new motion-capture animation tech has to be seen to be believed

SAN FRANCISCO—Every year at the Game Developers Conference, a handful of competing companies show off their latest motion-capture technology, which transforms human performances into 3D animations ...
Gameranx

Rockstar Couldn’t Afford Motion Capture When They Made Grand Theft Auto III

Dan Houser revealed that Rockstar couldn't afford the motion capture they made for Grand Theft Auto III, and paid for it on a ...
Los Angeles Times

13 years ago, ‘Avatar 2’ was impossible. Inside the groundbreaking plan to pull it off

In the long-awaited sea-quel “Avatar: The Way of Water,” now in theaters, James Cameron delivers on his promise to explore Pandora’s glittering oceans 13 years ...