Imocap and In-Camera Motion Capture

I'm going to go into this more tomorrow with the VES Pirates presentation with John Knoll, but I wanted to just add some of my own thoughts with where this technology is going, and how you can prepare for the inevitable onslaught of onset motion capture. If any of you ILM artists have experience with compositing or prepping these types of shots, feel free to comment, as I'm eager to hear your thoughts on my thoughts!

It seems that this sort of motion capture is going to become more prevalent in the future, as it makes it easier to match an actors performance, and provides valuable feedback for all involved. Because of the ease of adding it to the set experience, I have a feeling that it's going to get more elaborate, and the cleanup for such live action plates will definitely be in higher demand. I don't know how much of this will get outsourced to other countries, because there is a need to keep it in house to manage what pieces of the suits might need to be removed. Here's an article from AWN covering the Imocap system, and what you can get from it. Notice that for the most part the characters cover up the suits, but what may happen in the future will allow for more elaborate shots which involve seeing through actors.