Intermediate and Advanced Video Game Design and Digital Art & Animation classes toured 2K Sports’ Motion Capture studio in Petaluma on Tuesday where they were treated to a tour led by Blair Cozzi and Nicole Sandoval. Stops at various stations included facial motion capture; recording dialog for both gameplay and cinematics; real-time integration of the captured actors interacting in game; the control center where all of the recording takes place; the shop where Tim Schetz (father of student Thomas Schetz) fabricates wood and aluminum props that the actors interact with; the photogrammetry booth where 360 degree texture maps of the actors are photographed, and much more!
The 2K studio has three stages including a full size basketball court. “We spent some time at the end learning about employee’s pathways into the industry and we were surprised to hear that several didn’t have any prior experience in motion capture and were trained at 2K. “No awesome field trip is complete without lunch at In-n-Out, so we stopped there before returning to school,” Mr. Gersh shared.
