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Markerless Motion Capture

Markerless motion capture infers the 3D positions and joint angles of a moving subject from video sequences using computer vision and machine learning. Pioneered by deep learning approaches such as OpenPose and MediaPipe, it eliminates the need for reflective markers or inertial sensors, making motion capture accessible and practical for real-world applications.

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  1. Cao, Z., Simon, T., Wei, S. E., & Sheikh, Y. (2017). Realtime multi-person 2D pose estimation using part affinity fields. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). DOI: 10.1109/CVPR.2017.143
  2. Goodfellow, I., Bengio, Y., & Courville, A. (2016). Deep Learning. MIT Press. link

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ScholarGateMarkerless Motion Capture (Markerless Motion Capture). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/biomechanics/markerless-motion-capture