2 Nov 07, 3pm: Tom Shannon of Vicon presented their work at a guest lecture session titled "What is real?" at Brookes Wheatley Campus. Tom who is also currently doing a Ph.D. at Brookes was the company founder. He showed us all the cool motion capture they do for film industry, i.e., Titanic, Gladiator, etc. Aside from presenting what they've done, he also mentioned how they see this developed in the future that is producing a system that can capture motion without having to attached devices on actors/actresses.
Motion capture: Their work seemed orginally for medical purposes; for example, they captured how a boy walked in a not-normal way so that physicians provided effective surgery to help on his moves.
How they capture: Having devices on actors/actress, cameras capture movements then giving them their outfits and background.
Good news: We do have the facilities to do this in our studio provided by the company, of course. Who knows I may know how to 'master' that by the time I finish my MSc!
Vicon is the new name for the combined businesses of Vicon Motion Systems and Peak Performance Inc. Vicon is part of OMG plc, a public company trading on the London Stock Exchange.
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