Motion Capture Literature

[Dimitrios Menychtas]

Hello,

My main issue is that I am working in a multidisciplinary environment and for the life of me, I can't seem to find introductory material about the different MoCap technologies (marker-based, IMUs, etc.) to disseminate to my fellows.
I am not talking about specific projects or the basic math involved, resources for those are abundant.
I am asking for papers that discuss the fundamentals of each technology (e.g. characteristics of the cameras, the main concept of IMUs, etc.), something that can be used as a reference when discussing MoCap systems with people from different backgrounds.
So far the best resources I could find are the user's manuals for each device.

I know that those things are basically common knowledge in the field, but is there any literature that can be used as an introduction to MoCap systems?

Thanks

[Reza Razavian]

Re: Motion Capture Literature

Hi.

We had a chapter in "reference module in biomedical sciences", with high-level information about motion capture in biomechanics. It's mostly on optical systems, but we had a comparison of different systems.

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.99961-6

Also available on ResearchGate

Hope it helps.

Reza

[Dimitrios Menychtas]

Re: Motion Capture Literature

Hi,

Thanks, It's ok that it only discusses optical systems. I will still use it for reference.

Thanks

[Boris Doynov]

Re: Motion Capture Literature

Hi Dimitrios, thanks for posting this question. Please let me know if you find any great resources out there on this.

This forum being Biomch-L, I assume you have a research/research grade application in mind.

I asked a similar question a while ago, and was not able to find too much either.

My company provides a markerless single 3D sensor system to physical therapy (PT) clinics. Different application than research.

If the above doesn't scare you off you, here a couple of resources created by EuMotus:

Motion capture blog post providing a very broad + high level overview of mocap systems from multi-camera marker based systems through 2D cell phone app: https://www.eumotus.com/post/motion-capture/. We have a few other somewhat overlapping blog posts, but this is probably the best starting point for discussing mocap with different people from different backgrounds from material on our site.

Second, our Australian PT-in-residence published a continuing education markerless motion capture course in the context of PT. It provides an overview/tradeoffs of various mocap systems in the context of PT, which you can take to other applications. Also an example application for the clinic. https://www.physicaltherapy.com/pt-c...lysis-for-3218. You can use the code 1FREECOURSE to take the course for free on the ptdotcom platform.

Hope this helps.