Motion capture really let Tudyk flourish as K-2SO, whether it was through his on-set work or his vocal performance. In this one case, departing from exclusively practical visual effects for a "Star ...

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 ...

Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies were wildly successful upon their release, pleasing both hardcore and new fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world. One of the big technical changes that came ...

Motion-capture performances really took hold of Hollywood in the 2000s, when the treacherous hobbit Gollum helped Sam and Frodo make their way to Mordor to destroy the one ring to rule them all. As ...

Brett Ineson, President and CTO of Animatrik Film Design, on how the evolution of motion and performance capture affects storytelling from Hollywood blockbusters, to AAA games, and immersive metaverse ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

Jump into STEM with motion capture! Motion capture technician Lia Fry teaches Aikem how animators measure actor performances and translate them into animations for TV, movies, video games, and more!

Lightspeed Studios took time at GDC 2026 to affirm their Original IP Initiative plans, as they will forge ahead with new unique titles ...