From the forty stepovers the 13-year-old wiseguy you got lumped with in an online game does on his way from halfway circle to six-yard box, to his Griezmann dad-dance after he rifles it past your keeper, it all took place in that mo-cap studio.
Until now, every animation you saw on the pitch was mo-capped in a small room by one to three athletes. This year, EA Sports opens the kimono on how in-game animations used to be motion-captured, and how they’ve improved upon that process this year in the hopes of bottling something closer to totally convincing football. The FIFA 22 trailer focuses on new animation tech, which the PC isn't getting
