Pamplona Pablo Callejo Guina He’s a character in the shadow of the Marvel or Disney fantasy movies and series. It can even be said to pull the strings of superheroes on high-risk missions, similar to Stark Industries with The Avengers or little Yoda with the Jedi. He does so in his position as Director of Vikon Motion Systemsthe world leader in human motion capture, based in Oxford (UK).
“It’s an unknown but very interesting field with many applications,” explains this man from Pamplona, who has lived in the British city for a little over a year with his wife and three children. Consists of recording the movement of one or several people in 3D with great precision. Its most widespread applications are in the world of cinema and video games. “Uses Up to 120 private cameras To depict a series of movements. The actor wears 30-40 reflective beads that serve as markers. The program is able to triangulate the position in real time. In this skeleton, animators and special effects firms dress up the hero or the villain,” he summarizes.
capture his motion More serious applications in the world of medicine. “It allows studies of neurological diseases, diagnosis of injuries for rehabilitation treatments or rest studies. Specialists get valuable information,” comments Pablo Callejo.
Motion capture is also prevalent In elite sports. He is working on an analysis cyclists pedalDifferent methods technique Athletics or players’ gestures golf. Sometimes great results are obtained with very small corrections or improvements,” emphasizes this communications engineer. Vicon recently equipped the Nike Sport Research Lab at the LeBron James Innovation Center, breaking the record for the largest capture system in the world, with 400 cameras.
Among its customers are Vicon Motion Sistems major film production companies, such as Industrial Light & Magic (of George Lucas), PixarAnd the Disney also business dream. It also supplies equipment to prestigious universities around the world, special effects houses and video game producers. Her systems were used in the latest epic films star Warsin Mandalorian And in productions marvel. Also in the video game Assassin’s Creed by Ubisoft. Its cameras are also used in the world of robotics and virtual reality by car companies, the aerospace sector, and home appliance manufacturers, among others.
At the age of thirty, Kaligo worked in Bilbao, Singapore and San Sebastian. In the capital of Gipuzkoa, he was the general manager of STT Systems, also dedicated to traffic analysis. Due to his experience in this sector, he had the opportunity to work in the number one company in the world. “It was a very attractive offer from the workers’ point of view, but with three young children it meant small movement to the United Kingdom. My wife Lucia and I analyzed it and saw that it was possible. We moved in the summer of 2021,” says Pablo.
Made by Lucia and Pablo total motion. “We brought almost everything, including the furniture. We made the trip by car, in Ferry from Bilbao. A full 24 hour adventure,” he recalls. They agreed to give themselves a year on probation, but before this year they were already clear they were going to stay indefinitely. They welcomed us very well. We made great friends. Oxford is a city the size of Pamplona. They are very similar in their university environment.
They live a two-minute drive from JRR Tolkien’s grave and 5 minutes from Blenheim Palacethe place where he lived Churchill. “It’s like Versailles, with beautiful gardens, a lake, a hedge maze and a butterfly garden. We often go for walks,” he says. Pablo comments that his three children, aged 6, 3 and one year old, have adapted very well.” Within a few months They already have an enviable English,” Pablo highlights.
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