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I am still kind of hung up on the capture volume and don't understand why adding more cameras doesn't increase capture volume that much. Looking at the setup diagrams, you get 10'x10 with 6 or 24 cameras. I know the data will be better with more cameras, but if 24 are arranged in a big square wouldn't that provide enough coverage to effectively double your capture volume?

Or is the main limitation the actual camera's design?

I have a 8 camera system in the cart, but still debating more cameras for 1 actor capture. Volume is the main issue.

-John

The issue comes down to the markers been seen by the cameras, on the far side of the capture volume.

With distance and angles, the farthest that you can realistically get from the cameras is about 23 feet. Any more than that and the markers aren't getting picked up by the cameras.

The current calibration method also requires all cameras to generally be aimed toward the same point in the center of the capture volume. This means additional cameras will be geared toward increasing tracking redundancy within the existing capture volume size, instead of adding new regions to increase its size.