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[[File:Sophie Wu motion capture.png|thumb|[[Cara Webster|Sophie Wu]] during motion capture]]Motion capture is the recording of characters motion such as people or animals, the data is then processed and mapped to a digital character and passed onto animators to then modify as needed.<ref>[https://youtu.be/oZIzExVmZMo Star Citizen: Around the Verse - Eclipsing the Competition], YouTube, 25 May 2017</ref><ref name=":0">[https://open.spotify.com/episode/2h0kE9fi9Q0sFzfgCuHHHK?si=e9f1cc1626e1404e E3: Capturing Motion - Natalie Wilson And Conor-Jack Molloy's Insights Into The Life Of Motion Capture Specialists In The AAA Games Industry], Gamedev Origins, Aug 7 2023</ref>

Motion capure makes the animation pipeline a lot easier. [[Star Citizen|''Star Citizen'']] uses optical motion capture as it is more accurate.<ref>[https://youtu.be/dQ89KR_wZic Star Citizen: Citizens of the Stars - Erik Link & TheAstroPub], YouTube, 3 Oct 2017</ref>

Motion capture focus on the daily aspects such as walking or combat, and is separate from performance capture, which focuses on an actor performance and which aims to get the subtlety of a performance or emotion out. Both are in service of the experience and the immersion of game.

''Star Citizen'' has community members that are hard of hearing or deaf so CIG engaged a community member to develop a serie of emotes for [[American sign language|American Sign Language]] so that those members of the community who are hearing impaired can interact and roleplay.<ref>[https://youtu.be/OZ3j2BBFwIE Star Citizen: Developing ASL in Game], YouTube, 8 Feb 2019</ref>

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98icksKAoSc&list=PLVct2QDhDrB1MbLa8Wa3MF4aPW9Ap-soY Inside Star Citizen: Dev Diary - Performance Artist]