Proposal

To be able to optimally capture the movement of an actor using stretch fabrics, a morph suit would be used as the base in which the stretch fabrics are sewed on to. The skin-tight morph suit would allow the fabrics to stretch at the slightest movement, making for a more accurate measurement of movement.

Stretch fabrics would be located at major joints such as the elbow, shoulder, hips, knees, and along the back. Because these fabrics change conductivity only based on how stretched they are, there can only be two strip of each fabric for each axis of movement a joint can make. Joints such as the knee or elbow can only bend in 1 axis and thus would need 2 fabric strips to accurately measure the movement. Shoulders and hips on the other hand have more degrees of freedom and thus may need 4 or more fabric strips.

The stretch fabrics would be connected via conductive thread to a battery and a micro controller. The voltage that the micro controller is reading from the fabrics would determine how stretched the fabric is and through a lot of experimentation, an accurate motion capture system would hopefully emerge.