More markers?!

[ariknorr]

First! Thanks for great product!
... and then the question, can I add more markers to my performer? my problem is the fact the current setup has only one front marker. when i have performer that is sitting down that marker is sometime occluded. If the system can track 2 performers I would like to be able to add all those markers to one skeleton and get better tracking out of it. I have 12 cameras but i would like to control better what they are tracking.

- for one person doing alot of crazy stuff... this is the only system i would go for. Its the best!

[Jim]

Hello:

Yes, you can add more than the base 34 markers and assign them to the skeleton. I think that we probably need to do a new tutorial video on how to exactly do this, I will request this today.

Thanks for the kind comments.

[ariknorr]

cool.
thanks for that.

-ari

[markdc]

I'd like to try this as well.

[bsteagal]

Any progress on this?, I'd like to be able to try this out.. (I kind of miss the more marker functionality of one of the beta releases...)

thanks!

Bryan

[ariknorr]

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[Jim]

We are working on a video. To clarify, we are not officially supporting skeleton setups that are different than the default one in the Wizard. This is not mainly due to the fact that marker placement influences tracking and poor marker placement can result in poor marker tracking. So, basically, for those that are confident in their marker placement, we are going to show you how to manually assign the markers to the skeleton.

[yoshi]

Here is the how to video for attaching extra markers.
http://media.naturalpoint.com/ftp/npupl ... arkers.wmv

It shows how to attach 3 extra markers on to the chest. As Jim mentioned above, this is not a official feature, tracking result might become worse if markers are placed incorrectly.

Steps:
1. Put the suit on with normal 34 markers
2. Attach extra markers. I recommend keeping markers at least 3 inches away from each other for better tracking.
3. Start skeleton wizard and record T-pose.
4. On Skeleton Fitting page, manually select the default 34 markers by clicking on them while holding Ctrl key down.
5. Click on "Fit T-Pose" button when it is enabled.
6. On Marker Assign page, click on "Auto Assign" button to assign default 34 markers to the skeleton.
7. Click on Assign tool bar button(the right most button on toolbar)
8. Select the bone(in this case chest) first, then select the extra markers while holding Ctrl key down. The blue numeric value on each of the bones indicates how many markers are currently assigned to it.

[lacaze]

Hello.

I've read about adding others markers to the skeleton but the tutuorial video doen't explain how to do it.

I need to add clusters and markers in order to follow other protocol (Cleveland protocol).Could someone help me?

Tks,
Denise Helena