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Motion Capture is a prevalent and useful technology in the animation industry as well as the medical and military industries. As technology becomes better and cheaper it begins to enter the consumer market. A consumer interest in motion capture animations made by anyone has been created with the technology. This paper will focus on a review of the new technologies that have allowed the beginning of consumer-level motion-capture animations. Included will be a review of the history of motion capture and then a study of methods, workflows, and necessary prerequisites for making motion capture data using consumer-available tools. The study involves reviewing how easy each method is to understand and how usable the data made is for use in animations.

A new type of system for simulating motion cues employs a seat made up of six differentially inflatable sections. This device was evaluated with a sample of eight pilots in a cockpit mock-up. Seat motion significantly increased rated realism for a series of six maneuvers. When subjects were presented with motion cues while their eyes were closed, correct identification of maneuvers averaged 85% and rated confidence in judgments averaged 76%. The seat was considered to be a relatively simple, low-cost method for simulating motion cues.

Reach time, turning time, and inadvertent touching of adjacent controls (i.e., errors) were measured while a standard setting was made with one of several closely spaced knobs. The variables manipulated were spacing between knobs, knob diameter, and knob configuration. Performance improved rapidly with increasing distance between knob edges up to an interperipheral distance of 1 in., after which performance continued to improve but at a much slower rate. For equal amounts of panel space consumed by several closely crowded knobs, ¼-in. diameter knobs were more nearly error free than were the larger diameter knobs tested. For equal distances between knob edges, however, performance improved with increasing knob diameter. These results apply only to knobs capable of being operated by moderate torque. It was found that the frequency with which a crowding knob is inadvertently touched is strongly affected by the angular position which it occupies with respect to the operated knob but is practically independent of the presence of other crowding knobs at the same distance from the operated knob.