Breaking Boundaries: Outdoor Motion Capture for Cricket at BITS Pilani Goa
Apple Arts Studios
At Apple Arts Studios, innovation drives everything we do. Recently, our team undertook an exciting challenge: deploying a mobile OptiTrack motion capture setup on a cricket ground at BITS Pilani Goa in collaboration with Quidich Innovation Labs. The goal? To track real-time cricket ball movement with unmatched precision.
Taking Motion Capture Beyond the Studio
Unlike traditional studio mocap sessions, this was a large-scale outdoor project. We built a robust pipeline using OptiTrack PrimeX 22 cameras under stadium floodlights — engineered to track high-speed cricket deliveries with frame-perfect accuracy.
The Workflow
5:00 PM → Our crew began rigging the cricket field with multiple OptiTrack cameras.
5:30 PM → Calibration complete, outdoor capture stage ready.
5:30 PM – 12:00 Midnight → Capturing hours of authentic cricket shots, generating a comprehensive dataset for analysis.
The two-day session resulted in an extensive ball-tracking motion library for Quidich, offering data-rich insights for sports analytics, broadcast graphics, and beyond.
Overcoming Outdoor Mocap Challenges
Outdoor mocap isn’t standard in the industry — it requires meticulous planning, rugged hardware, and technical expertise. Despite challenges like low light, large capture volume, and long working hours, our system maintained uninterrupted, accurate tracking.
This success reinforces Apple Arts Studios’ capabilities: whether indoors or outdoors, we deliver seamless motion capture solutions for sports, games, and real-time applications.
Team Experience
Our crew described this project as both challenging and deeply rewarding. With a blend of teamwork, adaptability, and precision technology, we unlocked new creative possibilities in sports visualization, gaming, and immersive media pipelines.
What This Means for the Future
By pushing mocap outdoors, we’ve opened doors to:
Sports technology & analytics
Live broadcast integrations
Next-gen VR/AR gaming experiences
Advanced real-time animation workflows
We’re excited to continue driving innovation where motion capture meets sports performance.
📍 Location: Hyderabad, India🌐 Website: www.appleartsstudios.com
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At Apple Arts Studios, we specialize in delivering high-quality motion capture and comprehensive post-processing services to the industry. With over 14 years of experience, our team has contributed to AAA games, feature films, and commercials, consistently delivering superior results that meet the highest industry standards. Our expertise spans body tracking & retargeting, facial tracking & retargeting and more We have now integrated advanced motion capture studio into our service offerings. Our state-of-the-art motion capture studio is equipped with Vicon Cameras, covering a capture area of 30x30x10. This setup enables us to offer full performance capture (body, facial, fingers and props capture), accommodating up to 10 characters simultaneously From custom motion capture solutions for gaming, Previs, and cinematics to advanced post-processing services, we provide specialized solutions to bring your creative visions to life Based in Hyderabad, India, we leverage our location to maintain competitive pricing without compromising quality, and our workflow is designed to be both reliable and flexible, with dedicated project teams to meet your specific needs Capturing every detail, everywhere, to deliver genuine performances for your Project