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The Real Magic: Markerless Motion Capture Tools

Every once in a while a new technology comes along that offers a completely new way of doing somethin while suggesting intriguing new creative possibilities. That’s the buzz in Boston, where a new markerless facial motion capture technology called the Contour Reality Capture System has been introduced. 

Developed by the San Francisco motion capture studio Mova, Contour is not only markerless, it produces a true volumetric 3D image. Using two synchronized cameras, Contour simultaneously records visual and geometric information. When the two sets of data are combined, the  result is a high-resolution 3D digital image that rivals the quality of film cameras, says Mova founder Steve Perlman.

The imagery captured by Contour is extremely realistic, because the cameras are ingesting data from the entire surface of a subject, not just data from strategically placed markers. The motion of any 3D surface can be captured, whether or not it’s deformable faces, body movements, and even cloth. Surfaces to be captured need to have phosphorescent makeup applied to them, which is recognized by the VICON MX cameras. Resolution exceeds 100,000 polygons per frame, with sub-millimeter precision at up to 120 frames a second.   

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