Deep diving into motion capture used for biomechanics research. I know absolutely nothing about it, but it's always fascinating to peek into other disciplines to learn new terminology, workflows, software, and file formats. Seems .C3D files are used a lot for datasets.

After some searching, I found a dataset of individuals walking in C3D format. I eventually converted that into CSV so I can work with it easier. Then I fumbled with trying to convert 3D points to 2D points. But kept at it and got to this, which made it all worth while!

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More “walks” though the dataset with the plotter. Really liking the fluidity of the lines.

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Let's animate it!

The dataset only has points from shoulders down so there’s nothing for the head. But one can be approximated and placed appropriately.

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Marching, one by one.

*Edit, replaced the video as it seems the original .GIF was mangled and wouldn't play?

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Working on this idea of plotting an animated zoetrope of walking for a turntable at 33 1/3 RPM. 🌀 Seems to work!

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More zoetrope plots, flipped the animation and added a few more rings. Next is to use some big paper to get a proper 12” plot 🌀

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@paulrickards insanely good Paul!