Roger Nelson - Founder

Roger Nelson founded MotionWerx, a California company that has aggregated best of breed motion capture technologies, services and development projects. MOTIONWERX is the exclusive US distributor of the technologies from the industry leading mocap specialists at Animazoo including the IGS-190, the world's first inertial gyroscopic motion capture system. Nelson is currently integrating motion capture technologies for a wide range of applications including research, ergonomic studies, workplace analysis, entertainment, interactive real time characters, telepresence and previsualization. Nelson is also involved in the development of animation pipelines and immersive environments that leverage artificial intelligence, 3D stereoscopic display technologies, game engines, tracking technologies, a novel omni-directional treadmill and next generation studio production technologies.

Prior to founding MOTIONWERX Nelson focused on the development of technologies for Entertainment, Immersive Simulation, Education, and Training at Kerner Optical Research and Development (KORD). KORD was the Research and Development team formed in association with the spin off of Kerner Optical from Industrial Light + Magic in 2006.

Previously, as Chief Science Officer, Nelson was involved in the creation of immersive experiences for Jordan Weisman's and Tim Disney's Virtual World Entertainment Centers featuring Battletech, and as well as the first Q-Zar Laser tag arenas in the US. Nelson Co-Founded Vuppet, creating unique human input devices for the video game industry and has over twenty-eight years of experience in entrepreneurial ventures as a founder, principal or advisor with expertise in the areas of Virtual Reality, Education, Multimedia Entertainment, Displays, Wireless Sensor networks, Artificial Intelligence and Serious Games, resulting in numerous personal contacts in the interactive entertainment industry.

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