With the rapid development of computing technology, three-dimensional (3D) human body
models and their dynamic motions are widely used in the digital entertainment industry. Human perfor-
mance mainly involves human body shapes and motions. Key research problems include how to capture
and analyze static geometric appearance and dynamic movement of human bodies, and how to simulate
human body motions with physical e�ects. In this survey, according to main research directions of human body performance capture and animation, we summarize recent advances in key research topics, namely
human body surface reconstruction, motion capture and synthesis, as well as physics-based motion sim-
ulation, and further discuss future research problems and directions. We hope this will be helpful for
readers to have a comprehensive understanding of human performance capture and animatio
