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Live link motion capture is becoming increasingly popular technology within virtual production workflows. The requirement for high-end and expensive hardware and software is almost non-existent with free or inexpensive options centre stage.
The applications for this tech are widespread including film, TV, archviz, advertising and videos for education. Some cases will still need higher-end solutions, but for a lot of the industry these emerging tools will begin to take centre stage. Projects that could have benefited from some form of custom animation but didn’t have the budget will now find their options wide open.
One example of this tech is Wonder Studio, an AI tool that transfers motion-capture data onto a CG character for use in a live-action scene. This does all the hard work of generating motiontracking data, roto masks and clean plates, and finally replacing a live actor with a CG character. Such developments are helping to revolutionise the way directors and creators are generating their content. Tools such as these are drastically reducing film and TV budgets, and making
