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19/05/2011 22:01:22 jonbez Posts: 160	I recently made a demonstration video for the machinima channel. U may find it informative Its shows how u can use the kinect as a cheap mocap system on your pc Hopefully epic will incorporate the kinect into the unreal engine one day. It Would be very cool using this in Muvizu.
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19/05/2011 22:16:55 Dreeko Posts: 649	Very interesting Jon! I can see Muvizu HQ turning into a dance studio! " And next on the floor..It's Crazy Dave!!....Oh dear,... could someone phone an ambulance..." LOL! D
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20/05/2011 09:48:16 freakmoomin Posts: 249	pretty nifty! im starting to fear for my job.........but in saying that......ive been afraid of mocap for about 8 years and im still here defo looks like an amazing direction for machinima to go in! As long as the technical side can be overcome for the average punter
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20/05/2011 10:16:38 Marco_D Posts: 278	Very nice Epic and Microsoft have a very solid partnership, so that's definitely a possibility. Cheers, Marco
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20/05/2011 10:18:28 KerryK Posts: 129	Dreeko wrote: " And next on the floor..It's Crazy Dave!!....Oh dear,... could someone phone an ambulance..." LOL! D truer words have never been spoken
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20/05/2011 12:13:39 jonbez Posts: 160	freakmoomin wrote: im starting to fear for my job.........but in saying that......ive been afraid of mocap for about 8 years and im still here keyframed animation will always live on like stop motion. Motion capture is pretty cool but it doesn't really complement certain project styles. Look at Pixar, I bet they have access to the best mocap system around but they still key frame 90% of their animations in their films.
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20/05/2011 12:56:30 claireq Posts: 92	freakmoomin wrote: im starting to fear for my job.........but in saying that......ive been afraid of mocap for about 8 years and im still here P45 is at the door! edited by claireq on 20/05/2011
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20/05/2011 13:33:53 Dreeko Posts: 649	claireq wrote: freakmoomin wrote: im starting to fear for my job.........but in saying that......ive been afraid of mocap for about 8 years and im still here P45 is at the door! edited by claireq on 20/05/2011 I imagine it would be a great tool to get a general animation in place that could be tweaked with keyframes for exaggeration and a more cartoony quality. D
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26/05/2011 12:40:56 CrazyDave Posts: 98	Dreeko wrote: Very interesting Jon! I can see Muvizu HQ turning into a dance studio! " And next on the floor..It's Crazy Dave!!....Oh dear,... could someone phone an ambulance..." LOL! D Oh by the way I am an awesome dancer, cast or no cast. I love the Kinect idea and there's no reason that it couldn't be hooked up to Muvizu characters and, with a bit of work, used to record animations.
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07/06/2011 12:08:32 Dreeko Posts: 649	More interesting Kinect stuff
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07/08/2011 08:16:37 RightURKen Posts: 62	Looks like the next release of Iclone will have this feature.
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