FIFA 22

'FIFA 22's' Hypermotion: Full-Match Mocap Driving Machine Learning Technology

Electronic Arts has fundamentally transformed the animation pipeline for the FIFA franchise by shifting from traditional studio-based motion capture to full-match data acquisition.

• EA captured 11-vs-11 professional football matches using Xsens motion capture suits to generate over 4,000 new gameplay animations for FIFA 22.
• To resolve player drift and provide spatial context, the team integrated Local Positioning System (LPS) data using Wemo Pro sensors, achieving tracking accuracy within five centimeters.
• The team reconstructed 3D ball data by triangulating coordinates from eight static 8K cameras (50 fps) and calibrating them using known field landmarks instead of traditional checkerboard patterns.