Can motion capture make the cut?

Shaw's installation at the Hidden/Manifest exhibition, is essentially a movable screen, attached to two rails on a wall. "It enables video content to be distributed along the trajectory of its movement, allowing the viewers to interactively explore the database of various martial arts-performances placed there," Shaw explains. He adds that the piece lets viewers explore an archive of major martial arts performances and visually explains the inner dynamics of martial arts movements.

However, while Linear Navigator serves as a comprehensive library of key martial arts movements covering a range of styles (each viewable from different angles), it can replicate only the basic martial arts movements and not complex sequences.