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The Deakin Motion.Lab team is proud to announce their first project involving a semi-wild quadruped – a deer used in the newest television campaign for Tooheys Extra Dry.

ABC's TV show dedicated to video games, Good Game Spawn Point, met up with the Motion.Lab crew for a chat and some motion capture madness.

A wonderful review from The Age of Megan Beckwith and Steph Hutchison's fringe festival performance.

A collaborative performance piece by Higher Degree by Research students Megan Beckwith and Steph Hutchison at the 2011 Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Venue: No Vacancy Project Space, Federation Square, Melbourne

Time: 30th September: 5pm, 6pm, 7pm;  1st & 2nd October: 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm

Tickets: $5

Performed at the Playhouse Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre, December 3 at 7.30pm, December 4 at 1pm and 7.30pm. 

Live motion capture & 3D stereo projection augment contemporary ballet, transforming the landscape of choreography into a 3D visual event.

Watch Choreotopography on our youtube channel

The Deakin Motion.Lab will be holding a Motion Capture Short Course ('Introduction to Motion Capture') on the 8th and 9th of April, 2010. This course is open to anyone, including students and industry professionals.

For more information, please navigate to this page.

Aura, choreographed by Kim Vincs in collaboration with John McCormick, Lisa Bolte, Adam Thurlow, Rob Vincs, James Wakeling, Daniel Skovli and Peter Drivers, fuses ballet with live motion capture to produce a live, large-scale, 3D stereo performance.

The Deakin Motion.Lab was excited to have Scott deLahunta visit in late July to talk with us about the Capturing Dance project.

The Deakin Motion.Lab recently hosted two short courses for educational institutions in Victoria, one for AIE Melbourne (3D Animation) and one for Caulfield Grammar School (VCE).

Deakin now offers a Post Graduate Certificate in Motion Capture, aimed at graduates who have not had the opportunity to study in Motion Capture during their undergraduate degrees.