Motion capture in animation (1993–present)

1. ILM adopts digital creatures for Jurassic Park

   Jun 11, 1993Labels: Industrial Light, Jurassic Park

   • Encyclopedia
   • ILM

2. Square begins building a mocap-driven CG feature

   Jul 11, 2001Labels: Final Fantasy, Square

   • Wikipedia
   • Square Enix

3. Motion-captured Gollum debuts in The Two Towers

   Dec 18, 2002Labels: Gollum, Andy Serkis

   • CGW
   • Wikipedia

4. The Polar Express popularizes full-body-and-face capture

   Nov 10, 2004Labels: The Polar, performance capture

   • AFI Catalog
   • Wikipedia

5. King Kong advances facial motion capture at Weta

   Dec 14, 2005Labels: King Kong, Weta Digital

   • ASC
   • CGW

6. Beowulf expands marker-based full performance capture

   Nov 16, 2007Labels: Beowulf, marker-based capture

   • CGW
   • Wikipedia

7. Avatar showcases modern “performance capture” workflows

   Dec 18, 2009Labels: Avatar, performance capture

   • Guardian
   • Wikipedia

8. L.A. Noire brings high-detail facial capture to games

   May 17, 2011Labels: L A, MotionScan

   • Wikipedia
   • Digital Spy

9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes expands on-location capture

   Aug 5, 2011Labels: Rise of, Weta Digital

   • Post Mag
   • CGW

10. Tintin blends mocap with significant hand animation

    Oct 22, 2011Labels: The Adventures, motion capture

    • Wikipedia
    • Box Office Mojo

11. Alita highlights refined humanlike digital performance capture

    Feb 14, 2019Labels: Alita Battle, Rosa Salazar

    • CGW
    • Wired

12. The Lion King demonstrates virtual cameras in digital sets

    Jul 19, 2019Labels: The Lion, virtual production

    • Wired
    • Wikipedia