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Learn to ski faster with camera-less Fusion Motion Capture
 Poster: A snowHead
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Professional skiers can now learn how to ski faster with the help of a new system used to capture 3D motion of alpine ski racing, but without using a camera. Known as Fusion Motion Capture (FMC), the first study of its use has been published this week in the journal, Sports Technology. The pilot study, carried out by researchers from Massey Univeristy in New Zealand, found that the new technology can overcome the technological difficulties associated with athlete performance monitoring in an alpine environment. ...FMC uses small sensors attached to the athlete’s limbs, helmet and soles to generate raw data from the athlete’s movement. The numbers are then crunched with the aid of a computer to reproduce accurate estimates of the position, velocity and acceleration of the athlete’s limb segments.

Using the system, it is possible to capture motion and dynamics of alpine ski racing throughout the ski run while maintaining high resolution. This is the first time full body motion of an athlete skiing an entire course can be captured with results returned as soon as the run is completed.

Source: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/press/pressitem.asp?ref=1808
Article abstract: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120195070/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
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some youtube links showing the end results are on this thread http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=962154#962154
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