Saw a great demo of motion capture technology today by Fast Motion Studios today (thanks to Mark Jones of Seneca College for organizing the event). The martial arts demos were impressive, as were the cameras’ abilities to track the action at 300fps (apparently they’ve done as high as 800 frames per second for some applications). While the equipment was highend/expensive, it’s interesting to speculate on mainstream applications of motion capture embedded in everyday devices. Will your mobile phone tell you to correct your posture, will stores track/watch shoppers while they move down the aisles, or perhaps your airbag will change the angle of deployment to better absorb your impact in a crash?