Motion Capture (Mocap) Animator

Side; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Side partners with world-leading game developers and publishers to solve production challenges and help bring exceptional games to life. From concept through live operations, our co-development teams work as trusted extensions across design, engineering, art, audio, QA, and production.

Data Cleaning & Tracking involves identifying, labeling, and tracking raw point-cloud data from studio shoots, fixing marker swaps or mislabeled tracking points, and reconstructing missing data caused by actor

Qualifications

• Identify, label, and track raw point-cloud data from studio shoots, manually fixing marker swaps or mislabeled tracking points.
• Reconstruct missing data points caused by actor occlusions using interpolation, smoothing algorithms, or reference footage.

Responsibilities

• Identify and label point-cloud data from studio shoots with high accuracy.
• Track and maintain integrity of motion capture points across sequences.
• Reconstruct missing data due to occlusions using interpolation and reference footage.

Skills

Data labeling

Point-cloud data

Interpolation

Quality assurance

Tools

3D reconstruction software

Job description

At Side, we partner with some of the world's leading developers and publishers to solve complex production challenges and help bring exceptional games to life. From concept through live operations, our co-development teams work as trusted extensions of our clients' studios, contributing expertise across design, engineering, art, audio, QA, and production.

Data Cleaning & Tracking

• Identify, label, and track raw point-cloud data from studio shoots, manually fixing marker swaps or mislabeled tracking points.

• Reconstruct missing data points caused by actor occlusions (e.g., when a limb is hidden from cameras) using interpolation, smoothing algorithms, or reference footage…