aceMotion Capture Technology in Sports Scenarios: A Survey
Motion capture technology plays a crucial role in optimizing athletes' skills, techniques, and strategies by providing detailed feedback on motion data. This article presents a comprehensive survey aimed at guiding researchers in selecting the most suitable motion capture technology for sports science investigations. By comparing and analyzing the characters and applications of different motion capture technologies in sports scenarios, it is observed that cinematography motion capture technology remains the gold…
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As of May 6 2024, this survey in Sensors reviewed 10 years of literature on motion capture in sports, comparing cinematography, wearable sensor, computer vision-based, and multimodal approaches. It found cinematography still dominates biomechanical analysis, wearables are established in winter sports, and computer vision and AI-integrated multimodal systems are expanding into field use.
The shift from lab to field matters because it connects AI-enabled capture to direct athlete development, with detailed feedback on skills, techniques, and strategies. What remains uncertain is whether emerging multimodal AI systems can overcome documented limits around occlusion, outdoor environments, and real-time feedback to become routine in practical training.
- Cinematography motion capture remains the gold standard in biomechanical analysis and continues to dominate sports research applications as of May 2024
- Wearable sensor-based motion capture has gained traction in specialized areas such as winter sports owing to reliable system performance
- Computer vision-based motion capture advanced in recognition accuracy and reliability for single-person technique to multi-person tactical analysis
- Multimodal capture integrating artificial intelligence harmonizes data from various sources for complex scenarios
Multimodal motion capture that integrates artificial intelligence harmonizes data from various sources and provides a robust method for complex sports scenarios, enabling use from single-person technique analysis to multi-person tactical analysis.
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The survey compares cinematography, wearable sensor-based, computer vision-based, and multimodal motion capture across sports scenarios. Cinematography remains the gold standard for biomechanical analysis, while wearable sensors have gained traction in winter sports.
Computer vision-based systems improved in accuracy and reliability, expanding from single-person technique analysis to multi-person tactical analysis. Multimodal approaches that integrate artificial intelligence harmonize multiple data sources for complex scenarios.
Literature from the past 10 years reviewed as of May 6 2024 shows a shift from laboratory research to practical training applications on sports fields, with future work needing to address occlusion, outdoor capture, and real-time feedback.
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- Peer-reviewedSensors2024-05-06
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