Performance / Motion Capture (MoCap) & Control

Feature Films, Games, Broadcast, Dance & Theatre,
Sports Science, Kinematics Medical Research & Biomechanics.

Kinetic Impulse is the freelance trading name of Richard Widgery. Established in 1994, Richard provides Motion Capture & Control solutions to a wide range of entertainment, commercial, and research industries.

Richard is a leading expert in the field of Motion Capture Technology and as a Performance Capture Supervisor & Effects Producer, Character Technical Director, and Developer of Digital Performance Technology, works internationally to design new studios and develop projects using digital performance.

With over fifteen years experience in Motion Capture, Animatronics, and Character Animation, Richard was one of the first to use Optical Motion Capture for feature film production becoming Head of Motion Capture for Jim Henson's Creature Shop - UK* in 1994. His early career was mainly centred around the film, games, and biomechanics research industries in UK, USA, and Asia, and as MoCap popularity grew broadened into a wide range of markets including TV broadcast, multimedia, dance, and theatre, managing projects and lecturing throughout mainland Europe.

Qualified as an Industrial Design Engineer and with extensive knowledge in Electronics, Mechanics, Computing, Biomechanics, and Human & Animal Anatomy, Richard also designs performance technology including motion capture, digital puppetry, and motion control special effects systems.

* Jim Henson's Creature Shop the technology division of Jim Henson Company - creators of the Muppets, Farscape, and Bear in the Big Blue House, is a world leading digital puppetry, animatronics, and 3D character animation company, producing creatures for feature film and television.