Patent ID: 7812842

Claim:
A system for capturing motion, comprising: a motion capture volume adapted to contain at least one actor having body markers defining plural body points and facial markers defining plural facial points on the at least one actor; a plurality of motion cameras arranged around a periphery of said motion capture volume, said plurality of motion cameras is arranged such that substantially all laterally exposed surfaces of the at least one actor while in motion within said motion capture volume are within a field of view of at least one of said plurality of motion cameras at substantially all times; at least one movable motion capture camera configured to track facial markers, wherein substantially all of the facial markers on the at least one actor are within a field of view of said at least one movable motion capture camera, and wherein said at least one movable motion capture camera is configured to be moveable within said motion capture volume; a motion capture processor coupled to said at least one movable motion capture camera to produce a digital representation of movement of face of the at least one actor.