Skeleton is an exhilarating Winter Olympic sport in which athletes race head-first down an ice track at speeds reaching over ...

The team developed MobilePoser, a new system that leverages sensors already embedded within consumer mobile devices to accurately track a person’s full-body pose and global translation in space in ...

In sport, the margin between success and failure is often measured in milliseconds. It could be a cricketer adjusting their foot positioning, a runner refining their sprint start or a footballer ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—In a move that could make virtual reality and virtual production techniques available to a much wider group of creators, Sony Electronics Inc. has launched a mobile motion capture ...

The use of motion data is expanding from fitness and rehabilitation to general health. Todor Tsvetkov/E+ via Getty Images People often take walking for granted. We just move, one step after another, ...

Facial expressions are not the only way we express our emotions—body language also plays a crucial role. The way our body moves when laughing at a comedy show is different from how we move when ...

Mouse models are central to drug development, including treatments for neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Such diseases often affect movement, and treatments may need to relieve ...

James Cameron’s original Avatar and its new sequel have found success in more than just the box office—they’re also helping out in the lab. Researchers have begun using the motion capture technology ...

Even casual football watchers could tell you there are different body types based on the player's position. Linemen are big with a lot of body mass, and wide receivers are smaller and faster, for ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a new system for full-body motion capture — and it doesn’t require specialized rooms, expensive equipment, bulky cameras or an array of sensors.