The body motion tracks recorded and archived with regard to their performance are then put into context and weighted according to narrative structures. The obtained data is stored and systematically refined in a 3D motion database, an “avatar” archive. The archive will serve as a data storage for motion data and can be understood as a “storytelling matrix”. The track left behind by the body in the form of motion tells a story in space – it writes a narrative code in it. This code can be analysed, evaluated and adapted as a versatile layer for different immersive storytelling guidelines. 

Objectives:

• Establishment of a “3D Motion Capture Storytelling Matrix”
• Recording of motion capture and tracking data as “3D Scan Mesh”
• Prototypical examination of bodies in motion (gestures, routines, characteristics, individuality)
• Development of a motion capture storytelling database

Methods:

• Research on motion tracking and capturing as storytelling
• Adaptation of the Immersive Media Lab towards an immersive AR/VR storytelling space configuration
• Recording of motion data
• Prototypical examination of bodies in motion
• Development of a catalogue of parameters and a motion capture database
• Evaluation of the results in the form of a public presentation (body performance)

The project takes place in cooperation with dancer and choreographer Andrea Nagl. The team thanks Univ. Prof. Karlheinz Essl for his Open Source Library.

Links:

https://www.instagram.com/intermedia_motiontracking/

http://www.naglandrea.com/

http://www.essl.at/sounds.html