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KXAN: Walking could become easier with new, motion capture technology
Wood squeaks and cracks with each step on the hardwood floors of the Anna Hiss Gym. What once served as the dance studio in the University of Texas’ women’s gym, now is filled with more than a dozen small cameras.
People walk through the space, the cameras capturing their movement, and then as if through magic, a computer displays an overlay of their bones on a flat monitor along the east wall.
The advanced motion tracking tech is used by the staff of the Systems for Augmenting Human Mechanics Lab to discover how people walk. With that information, they could potentially revolutionize the prosthetics industry.