My mini write up on L.A. Noire for my last post really got me thinking that I want to expand on my coverage of the game. However I realized there's one part of that coverage that I wanted to dedicate a whole post to. Lately I've been trying to keep the talk on the blog a little casual but today we're going to get a bit more technical. That is to say, this post is going to explore the new motion capture technologies that are driving forward today's entertainment. Once again I'll just warn you this will get a little technical but you'll have a better understanding of the tech that's powering the games you're playing.
In my best of 2010 post I kinda gushed over one of the few PS3 games I played last year, Heavy Rain. While the finished product didn't look exactly like the cutting edge graphics from Sony's infamous E3 2005 video, they came pretty damn close. Quantic Dream may have just released the game last year but about four years ago at E3 2006 they released a tech demo that showed off just what their new motion capture technology was capable of. Not only could they do full body capture but their new system would allow them to accurately capture a person's face, providing even more accuracy for the end product. The following demo was just a sampling of what they would soon be capable of.
