anyone know if it possible to make diy capture system (animations)

i was wondering how motion capture places work is it just somesoftware and a camra and it records using the dots movements.

and is it possible to sync some sort animation software and kinect or some camra and record someone talking danceing ect and use the recorded animation with a mesh to save alittle time then fiddling with bones etc or will it cost too much/too hard for small scale projects

im asking so when i need improve my game with many animations i can just record someone doing the actions and its made instead spending hours-days fiddling with bones

May not be exactly what you’re looking for but it’s cheap (relatively)

As far as I know you can Use the Microsoft Kinect for Motion capture.

ok thanks for the advice