Advanced Facial Motion Capture Using Technoprops HMC for Digital Humans
Creating believable digital characters today is no longer just about animation—it’s about capturing real human emotion. From films to gaming and VFX, the demand for high-quality facial motion capture and digital human motion capture is growing rapidly.
At Apple Arts Studios, known as one of the largest motion capture studio in India, we recently explored this through a live demonstration using Technoprops facial capture with stereo Head Mounted Cameras (HMC).
Capturing Real Expressions in Real Time
In this demo, a performer delivered dialogue in Hindi while wearing a Technoprops HMC system. Every subtle movement—lip sync, eye motion, and micro-expressions—was captured and translated into a digital character.
This is where performance capture becomes powerful. It’s not just tracking movement, but preserving the original performance for:
Motion capture for films
Motion capture for VFX
Motion capture for gaming
Cinematic motion capture and animation
The result feels natural because it is natural—driven by real human performance.
High-Fidelity Facial Capture Technology
Using Technoprops facial capture, our pipeline ensures:
Accurate facial motion capture and expression tracking
Natural lip-sync for dialogue-driven scenes
High-quality animation for feature film motion capture
Realistic digital doubles for complex VFX shots
Combined with our Vicon motion capture system, this creates a complete performance capture studio workflow—body, face, and fingers.
Real-Time Workflows with Unreal Engine
To speed up production, we integrate Unreal Engine motion capture into our pipeline.
With MetaHuman facial capture and real-time visualization:
Directors can review performances instantly
Teams can iterate faster during shoots
Workflows align perfectly with motion capture for virtual production
This is especially useful for modern filmmaking and AAA game motion capture pipelines.
AI-Ready Motion Capture Data
Beyond production, our pipeline also supports next-generation workflows:
AI motion capture data
Synthetic motion data
AI animation datasets
Virtual human capture
These datasets are increasingly used for training AI systems and building scalable digital characters.
Motion Capture Infrastructure at Scale
What sets Apple Arts Studios apart is the scale of our setup.
We operate one of the most advanced motion capture studio India infrastructures, with:
127 motion capture cameras
Full motion capture animation capabilities (body, face, fingers, multi-actor capture)
Studio Setup (Vicon Vero 2.2 Mocap Studio in Hyderabad)
Stage Dimensions: 30 ft × 30 ft × 10 ft
Ideal for controlled cinematic motion capture and performance capture for films, games & VFX in India
Large-Scale & On-Location Capture (OptiTrack)
Extended Capture Volume Capability
Depending on production requirements, we can scale up to:
70 ft × 60 ft × 25 ft
60 ft × 60 ft × 30 ft
100 ft × 70 ft × 30 ft
Up to 120 ft × 200 ft × 35 ft
This flexibility makes us a high-end motion capture studio capable of handling everything from studio shoots to large-scale productions.
Applications Across Films, Games & VFX
Our motion capture services in India support:
Digital doubles for films and action sequences
Motion capture for film production and VFX-heavy scenes
Motion capture for gaming and cinematic animation
Motion capture for virtual production and previs
From Hyderabad to Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, and Delhi, we work with production teams across India.
Bringing Digital Characters to Life
At its core, motion capture technology is about preserving human performance.
By combining Technoprops HMC, Vicon motion capture, and real-time pipelines, Apple Arts Studios helps creators achieve realistic, emotionally driven digital characters.
With over 14+ years of expertise, we continue to deliver production-ready motion capture services for films, games, animation, and VFX.
Final Note
As the demand for real-time motion capture and digital humans continues to grow, the focus is shifting toward accuracy, speed, and scalability.
At Apple Arts Studios, we’re building that future—where performances are captured once and brought to life anywhere.
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
www.appleartsstudios.com
