Live performance is the future. That is where motion capture should be going, not for more recording with post-filtering. Its value is in real-time interaction. Others saw it as a bold new thing. When something transcends the culture, becomes active in the culture, it takes a lot of time.
Motion capture has yet to expand in a really big way.
Although it may not be there yet, the creativity, the viability and the success of the current mocap animated television broadcasts prove the 'religion' of motion capture has already found many believers.