Kevin Margo moves about the mocap floor during a capture session for his short film called "Construct." Only, in this case, Margo doesn't have a single marker on his body. That's because his movements are not being captured. What is being captured is the OptiTrack hardware that he's carrying. Within Margo's hands is a marker-tracked housing that includes an LCD screen and a set of buttons on a panel. On the screen, he can see his actors - except, on screen, they are robots, and In place of a spongy blue floor is the Inside of a house that's being constructed. This house Is a completely digital fabrication within a real-time render done with Chaos Group's V-Ray and a host of hardware, including Nvidia K6000S. With barely a two- to three-frame lag, Margo can see his entire digital set, along with the captured actors driving their robot counterparts. It is both real and digital - cinema and machinima.
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