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Wearable Motion Capture

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the all-your-motion-are-belong-to-us dept.

AnonymousHack writes "Swiss and MIT researchers have developed a wearable kit that will capture your every move for mapping onto a virtual character. It's almost as accurate as the camera-based motion capture used in studios to develop games. The team have recorded people's movements in completely new locations — like driving a car — previously out of reach. There is even a video of it in action."

3 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Plastic by wattrlz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, yes, but c'mon, would you really want to be recorded driving a saturn?

  2. Key Component, Sonic Transducer by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sonic transducer, it is I suppose some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device?

    -Peter

  3. Just like intersense! by HEbGb · · Score: 5, Informative

    This very product has been on the market for years, by Intersense, which also uses accelerometers augmented with ultrasound to prevent drift. It looks like MIT just copied them.

    This isn't really new.

    http://www.isense.com/products.aspx?id=43&