The Goblin Academy is a Vicon-powered motion capture studio and R&D lab in Leeds city centre. Funded by InnovateUK’s Creative Catalyst grant to create Northern accessibility to innovate technologies.
At Goblin Academy, we deliver:
– Workshops for motion capture artists to build skills and develop a portfolio
– Testing for commercial applications outside of gaming and VFX
– Full body and facial motion capture for productions and projects
Open for collaborations and enquiries!
Will It Mocap? - a brand new series from Vicon that follows our adventures running a grassroots indie motion capture studio and testing exciting experiments to see what the very best mocap technology can achieve.
Catch the latest episode on YouTube
Episode 3 of Will It Mocap? is where things escalate… fast.
This time, the Goblin King isn’t just ruling, he’s roasting. Armed with motion capture and a head-mounted camera setup, he steps into the studio to create a full-blown diss track… and yes, a complete music video to match.
From performance capture to final animation, he pushed our mocap pipeline to see if it could handle the rhythm, attitude, and pure chaos of a goblin rap battle. Spoiler: it got personal.
Can motion capture bring a savage rap persona to life?
Can a goblin king drop bars?
There’s only one way to find out.
Watch the madness unfold
See how we captured every move and expression
And decide for yourself… did the Goblin King go too far?
GET IN TOUCH
GOBLIN ACADEMY,
Unit 3, Aire Street Workshops,
30-34 Aire Street,
Leeds, LS1 4HT
Part of Tell Studio, a production studio for social impact.