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    AI video glossary

    Motion capture

    Also known as Mocap, performance capture

    Recording a person's movement so it can drive or inform a digital performance. AI-based techniques can increasingly extract useful body, face or hand motion from ordinary video.

    In practice

    A performer’s recorded movement could guide the animation of a digital character.

    Published: October 1, 2026 at 2:29 pm