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Jan-Feb-Mar-2023

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24 cgw j a n u a r y • f e b r u a r y • m a r c h 2 0 2 3 T he way you move is defining. People can recognize one an- other just by the way they walk. Like fingerprints, your 'mo- tion print' makes you unique. We're already seeing this idea being explored by researchers, visual effects artists, and ce- lebrities across new technologies such as artificial intelligence and in the metaverse. As in real life, this idea can make you stand out in the metaverse. A recent study by Imperial College London showed AI algorithms can analyze human movement to discover degenerative diseases. Their approach was aimed at Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Friedreich's Ataxia disorders, using motion capture (mocap) tech- nology to identify changes in subjects' movements. The AI could then build a digital twin of the patient, enabling scientists to make precise predictions of how the disease would progress. In these instances, it was the digital capture of the individual's unique movement that highlighted the irregularities which lead to the discoveries by the AI. This shows there are common signs that machine learning can be trained to recognize in movement. While the application in this instance was for medical purposes, the same theory can be applied to the new digital frontier: the metaverse. Mocap technology is key to the idea of individual movement in the metaverse. VFX artist Jonathan Winbush realized this while col- laborating with hip-hop star Method Man ("MEF") while creating his virtual comic book superhero alter ego. Winbush, whose credits Motion in the Metaverse HOW YOU MOVE MAKES YOU UNIQUE BY REMCO SIKKEMA

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