"Pioneering Digital Artistry: CHINGMU Motion Capture Steps into Qingdao Urban College"

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2024 Oct. 18

On the 24th of September, the College of Art and Design at Qingdao Urban College hosted a seminar titled "Digital Art Frontiers: Application and Challenges of CHINGMU Technology". This event, featuring Song Yongquan, the regional director for Shandong Province at CHINGMU Qingdao, and Manager Pei Feng from Shanghai CHINGMU Technical Support Department, enhancing understanding of motion capture technology, its industry progress, and delivering an unforgettable visual feast.

As the digital wave grows, digital technology considerably enriches our lives, work, study, enhancing efficiency and providing better experiences. With respect to the development of digital art, Song Yongquan explicated the core principles of digitised humans using related cases, accompanied by practical demonstrations. This immersive educational approach allowed students and teachers to gain a deeper understanding of digital humans. The transfer of digital human technology from commercial use to academic classrooms keeps teachers and students abreast with industry developments, encouraging more application-oriented learning and cultivating high-quality talent to meet market demands.

Song Yongquan, the Regional Director for Shandong Province at CHINGMU Qingdao

Pei Feng, intersecting the application of motion capture in the movie animation sector, narrated to teachers and students about the application of action capture technology in film creation through well-known films such as "The Wandering Earth," "Crazy Alien," and "Fengshen Trilogy". For instance, how are actor's movements captured, how are awe-inspiring large scenes and visuals filmed, and how visual effects are composed and rendered. It unveiled the story and application scenario behind the collision of technology and art.

Pei Feng, Manager of the Technical Support Department at Shanghai CHINGMU

For the tutorial, the students showed a keen interest and actively interacted. They had discussions on digital creative techniques, the current industry development, and future career planning. Furthermore, students were able to discover the charm and pleasure of motion capture through interactive experiences wearing motion capture suits and handling props. Motion capture technology imbued new thoughts for learning and creative practice.

Teachers at the College expressed profound gratitude for the insightful lecture by CHINGMU, emphasising that such interactive pedagogical methodologies spark students' enthusiasm for learning, deepening their comprehension and mastery of technology. They also look forward to more collaboration opportunities to cultivate more innovative and practical talents in art and design through university-industry cooperation.

Deepening university-industry collaboration fuels production and academic progress. At present, CHINGMU has established partnerships with over 60 domestic universities including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Normal University, Communication University of China, Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology, offering comprehensive technical, equipment, and system service support, providing continuous driving force for academic development and talent cultivation.