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Skelly University

A comprehensive learning path for markerless motion capture using FreeMoCap.

🎯 Overview

This curriculum takes you from your first recording to professional certification across three specialized tracks:

• 💻 Developer Track - Build and extend FreeMoCap's codebase
• 🔬 Research Track - Apply motion capture to scientific studies
• 🎬 Animation Track - Create stunning visual content

🚀 Quick Start

View the Curriculum Online

Visit: https://freemocap.github.io/skellyuniversity

Run Locally

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/freemocap/skellyuniversity.git
cd skellyuniversity

# Install uv (if you don't have it)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Sync dependencies (creates venv + installs everything)
uv sync

# Start the development server
- cd skellyuniversity
- uv run myst start

Then open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

📚 Curriculum Structure

Level 1: Foundation (All Tracks)
├── What is Motion Capture?
├── Hardware Setup
├── Software Installation
├── First Single-Camera Recording
└── Understanding Output Data

Level 2: Core Skills (All Tracks)
├── Multi-Camera Setup
├── Calibration Theory & Practice
├── Recording Optimization
├── Quality Assessment
└── Pipeline Mastery → 🏆 CORE CERTIFIED

Level 3: Specialization
├── 💻 Developer Track (4 modules) → 🏆 DEV SPECIALIST
├── 🔬 Research Track (4 modules) → 🏆 RESEARCH SPECIALIST
└── 🎬 Animation Track (4 modules) → 🏆 ANIMATION SPECIALIST

Level 4: Capstone Projects
├── Developer Professional
├── Research Professional
└── Animation Professional

🛠 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Adding a New Module

1. Create a new .md file in the appropriate modules/ subdirectory
2. Add frontmatter with title, description, and curriculum metadata
3. Update myst.yml to include the new file in the TOC
4. Run myst start to preview your changes

📖 Built With

• uv - Fast Python package manager
• MyST MD - Markdown publishing toolchain
• Cytoscape.js - Interactive curriculum visualization
• JupyterLab - Interactive Python examples

📄 License

Content: CC-BY-4.0
Code: MIT

🤝 Community

• 💬 Discord
• 🐛 GitHub Issues
• 🎥 YouTube

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Made with ❤️ by the FreeMoCap community