1. motion capture - Noun
2. motion capture - Verb
motion capture (usually uncountable, plural motion captures)
The use of sensors to track and record the position, velocity, acceleration and impulse of a movement.
Synonym: mocap
motion capture (third-person singular simple present motion captures, present participle motion capturing, simple past and past participle motion captured)
to motion-capture
motion-capture (third-person singular simple present motion-captures, present participle motion-capturing, simple past and past participle motion-captured)
To film using motion capture.
motion-capture
The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business. Tom Hanks
Motion capture is amazing. I prefer it. You wear a 'Power Ranger'-esque suit, you have tape balls on you, you have 60 cameras around you capturing your every movement and there's no hair, no makeup. Kellan Lutz
My first motion capture game was with Sony - 'NBA: The Life.' It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he was the writer and director. He had a real vision of what this game was meant to be; it was a basketball game where I was the Jerry Maguire sports agent type guy. And it was great! Nolan North
In '83, not only was there no such thing as performance motion capture technology, there was no such thing as digital animation. This was the analog era. Steven Spielberg
A previously released production photo from the set shows how the production crew is able to film stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana during underwater motion-capture. Source: Internet
Even without Robert Zemekis's uncanny motion-capture, the opening to Disney's 2009 adaptation hits the viewer right in the face with its creep-factor. Source: Internet