METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CAPTURED MOTION DATA OVER A NETWORK

摘要

A system and method is presented for distributing motion data (52) over a network (32) to a client device (34). Storing a data model representing an actor, which may be a human actor or any other living or inanimate object. The separate model and motion data items are transferred from a server (36) to a client (34), thereby enabling the client device (34) to reproduce the actor's motion as captured. The method is implemented by a system comprising a positional data capturing system for capturing motion data representing a position and attitude of an actor at a first time and a second time, a model storage system (48) for storing models of the actors, the models comprising the skeletal geometry and texture of the actor, and a transmission system for transmitting the model in association with corresponding motion data for presentation by one or more clients (34).