1. A computer-implemented method implemented within a motion capture system for performing surface reconstruction of a subject having a three-dimensional capture volume from multiple-range data sets comprising, the motion capture system comprising a plurality of cameras: creating a scalar field for the three-dimensional (3-D) capture volume of the subject; generating a surface mesh for the scalar field; retaining good vertices and removing bad vertices of the surface mesh; and storing the good vertices for use in subsequent reconstruction of the motion of the subject.