Hey guys, check out these vids on how they did the motion capture for the CGI animation of the Na'vi characters in Avatar, and the new 3D for the movie... This will really make you appreciate the movie even more when you watch it!
The first two videos are about making the CGI - pretty cool to see the real performers in their motion suits and the finished CGI charater side-by-side in a split-frame... The first video is long but also goes into the "Virtual Camera" that they used during production, the second one is short but even more interesting...
The last two videos are about the way they did the 3D in Avatar to make it as realistic as possible. The second video about the cameras themselves is extremely interesting...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ1JzYPjcj0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wK1Ixr-UmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pFHgC8tAdo&NR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlc_7SjSfUg&NR