Weird and Wonderful mocap

audiomotion don’t just provide for the entertainment industry. Brian mitchell talks us through some of their more left-field projects

“We helped the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) with some research,” recalls Mitchell, when asked if Audiomotion have had any less-conventional clients. “It was researching the procedure for extracting someone from a crashed car. We put our cameras inside a car then had somebody suited up in the driver’s seat while a fire crew then went through the whole procedure. That data was then used to analyse the effects that procedure has on the body.”

Since much of their technology has its origin in the medical field, Audiomotion have contributed to various Oxford University studies – including a head trauma study that involved repeatedly throwing a crash test dummy down some stairs. It’s clear that nothing is too unusual for Mitchell and his team: “We’ve mocapped a cat before, a dog, some horses. Introducing children into the mix always brings its own challenges too.”