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Gollum Shmollum: Kinect Hack Does CGI Animation on the Cheap

A team of animators has hacked Microsoft's Kinect sensor suite to create a motion-replication system that powers CGI characters. Remember Gollum in Lord of The Rings? Yup--kinda like that. (But way cheaper.)READ»

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Capturing the Choreography of Graffiti Tagging

A high-tech way of archiving the work of graffiti writers.READ»

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MIT's Bokode: A Tiny Barcode Replacement That's Chockablock With Data

MIT scientists have devised a new coding standard that can be read from digital cameras, and will be used in everything from augmented reality to motion capture.READ»

Motion-Capture Invention Promises WETA Digital Effects on a YouTube Budget

Motion capture is a staple of movie-making. It's also extremely expensive. The required equipment can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. But a professor at MIT has invented an entirely new system, for just a fraction of ...READ»