motion capture Archive

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    Geek Smack! #196: Amazon Goes Down, LEGO CNC Mill, Stocks and Technology

    Posted on August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment
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  • Last year when I went out to Dearborn, MI, we saw a lot with virtualization. A mock-up car where you put on the gloves and glasses, then saw yourself move around in that virtual world. However, Ford has taken it to a new level – by simply watching how Hollywood does it. More to the point – the movie Avatar. In this area, we...

    How Ford Learned from Avatar: Motion Capture – #fordtrends

    Posted on June 28, 2011 | No Comments
    Last year when I went out to Dearborn, MI, we saw a lot with virtualization. A mock-up car where you put on the gloves and glasses, then saw yourself move around in that virtual world. However, Ford has taken it to a new level – by simply watching how Hollywood does it. More to the point – the movie Avatar. In this area, we...

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  • It’s a nice spring day. I roll down the window and place my arm on the door. I turn up the radio. It makes for a cool ride down the street, but I don’t always think “do the engineers worry about this stuff?” The answer is: Yes, they do. The next stop in the Ford Tour was the Immersion Lab. We walked in to...

    Ford Immersion Lab: Drive Ford Cars Virtually – Ford Tour

    Posted on June 6, 2010 | 2 Comments
    It’s a nice spring day. I roll down the window and place my arm on the door. I turn up the radio. It makes for a cool ride down the street, but I don’t always think “do the engineers worry about this stuff?” The answer is: Yes, they do. The next stop in the Ford Tour was the Immersion Lab. We walked in to...

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  • I am no stranger to 3D modeling and motion capture. Thanks to a good friend, I have learned all about it. In fact, he just set up a motion capture studio less than two weeks ago. I saw Motion capture on games, but I never saw it in a different type of production. That is what Ford is doing1 – They are using the...

    Inside Ford’s Virtual Manufacturing – Ford Tour

    Posted on May 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
    I am no stranger to 3D modeling and motion capture. Thanks to a good friend, I have learned all about it. In fact, he just set up a motion capture studio less than two weeks ago. I saw Motion capture on games, but I never saw it in a different type of production. That is what Ford is doing1 – They are using the...

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