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Rather than presenting golf instruction as a conventional e-book, video course or passive animation, MVP One will guide the learner through a purposeful sequence of concise instruction, visual explanation and interactive 3D content.
The aim: to help the learner see and understand what the body is doing during the golf swing.
MVP One develops the approach explored in Elizabeth Dunlap's MSc research, Medical Visualisation of the Golf Swing: Developing and Evaluating a 3D Anatomical Animation.
The research applied 3D modelling and animation as a means of visually communicating movement sequencing and instructional principles of the Swing Build Golf method.
MVP One advances this concept from a linear animated presentation into a more accessible, self-directed learning experience.
Each lesson will introduce an instructional concept, visualise it clearly, and allow the learner to explore the relevant movement or anatomy at their own pace.
Learners may rotate and zoom 3D models, play or scrub mocap and animated movement, examine the body from different viewpoints, and observe progressive visual transitions through embedded video—for example, from the external golfer to the muscles or skeletal structures involved.
Supporting animation, narration may also be embedded where these provide the clearest way to communicate a concept.
Lessons will remain easy to navigate and revisit, reinforcing MVP One as an independent, self-directed tutorial experience.
Jody is a Mixamo character from the Sports category—a surprisingly rare find among the zombies, vampires and assorted action heroes. Better still, she is free to use under Mixamo’s commercial-use terms.
We can customise her appearance and adapt her for our production workflow. And, with an appropriately licensed anatomical skeleton, we can effectively put the anatomy inside Jody—giving us a clean, commercially usable foundation for visualising the golf swing from the outside in.
LVSkelly is our affectionate nickname for this beautifully—and fully—retopologised, anatomically detailed human skeleton, created by 3D artist LeoVitalis.
Uploaded only recently, the model is accompanied by an extensive reference list—and one look at the topology makes clear just how much painstaking work went into building it. Every bone has been carefully reduced into clean, animation-friendly geometry while preserving the anatomical form.
Best of all for L&L, LeoVitalis generously released the model under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence, allowing us to adapt and use the work commercially with proper attribution.
Here, LVSkelly has been paired with free motion-capture animation from Mixamo (Golf Set-up). Through a process called retargeting, movement created for one digital character is transferred onto another character’s rig—essentially teaching LVSkelly someone else’s moves.
Not bad for a bag of bones. 💀🕺
That gives us an extraordinary anatomical foundation for MVP One. Our job now is to prepare, rig, animate and integrate LVSkinny into the Swing Build visualisation system—and, eventually, put LVSkelly inside Jody!
Original 3D model: Male Skeleton — LeoVitalis
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Sketchfab
Between Jody and LVSkelly comes the muscle layer—and these models show some of the possibilities.
Options range from vector-painted surface anatomy to detailed anatomical models. They are surprisingly affordable: the Female-without Visceral & Muscle model, for example, is available for under £3. The pastel-colored diagram-styled models are a male/female package for £25.
Our current starting point is Rena, a freely available CC-licensed female muscle model already downloaded by L&L. She has the anatomy we need, but her scan-like, triangle-heavy geometry means she will need to be completely retopologised for production.
Lauren Walsh will first review the anatomy, then rebuild and prepare the model for rigging, deformation and animation to be completed by Liz—so that, eventually, our muscles can sit neatly under Jody and over LVSkelly.
The future of muscle visualisation is bright!
MVP One is designed for recreational golfers seeking a clearer understanding of the physical mechanics underlying golf instruction. The original MSc research specifically evaluated golfers with handicaps of 15 or above, providing an evidence-based starting point for the product's instructional design.
Medical visualisation allows concepts that may be difficult to understand through verbal instruction or external observation alone to be explored visually—connecting instruction, movement and anatomy.
The product is intended to complement, rather than replace, professional golf coaching.
Interaction in MVP One will remain deliberately light. The objective is not to add technology for its own sake, but to determine which forms of interaction genuinely improve understanding.
The initial web-based experience will therefore provide an opportunity to test the instructional approach as well as the capabilities and limitations of lightweight 3D delivery.
Where the learning experience would benefit from greater user control—such as independently revealing anatomical layers, comparing movement states, or manipulating visual elements in real time—these findings can inform the requirements and technology selected for subsequent formal interactive product development using platforms such as Unity or Unreal Engine.
MVP One therefore establishes the learning experience first and allows the technology roadmap to follow the educational need.
The purpose of MVP One is to demonstrate a compelling first product in which Medical Visualisation makes the mechanics of the golf swing easier to see, explore and understand.
The prototype UX and accompanying storyboards and mood board, define the proposed experience and provide the visual and instructional foundation from which production can be scoped, developed and evaluated.
