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Motion Capture History

Welcome to Measurand's Motion Capture History Page.

We have included links to interesting steps in the evolution of Motion Capture.

If you think an important step in the evolution is missing please email me at scott@measurand.com.

 

Pioneers of Motion Capture

Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904) - pioneer photographer of the moving image

Étienne-Jules Marey - First person to analyze human and animal motion with video

Harold E. "Doc" Edgerton (1903-1990) -High Speed stroboscopic photography

Max Fleischer (1915) - Rotoscoping

Lee Harrison III (1960's) - Scanimation

Walt Disney - Multiplane Camera

 

Milestones in Motion capture

Waldo C. Graphic - First muppet animated by puppetry

Mike the Talking Head - MikedeGraf/Wahrman, Siggraph 1988_____

Polar Express - The Polar Express is the first feature film to be shot entirely in Performance Capture.

Ohio State University: Very Detailed Timeline for CGI

Ohio State University: History of Animation Software Companies to 2001

History of Animation Software Companies, 2001 to 2006

 

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