It's amazing how far motion capture, aka performance capture, has come in the last few years. Once the purview of a small number of niche studios such as Andy Serkis's Imaginarium Studios, these days it's used for 3D movies ranging from Planet of the Apes to Paddington, not to mention videogame franchises like Halo and Call of Duty.
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