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360 degrees of rotation?

Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:05 am
by raeldor
Hi All,

Does this offer full 360 degree tracking, or very close? I am wondering if it would be good for use with an HMD, but if I can't rotate my head to look behind and have it tracked, it's use would be limited.

Thanks
Ray

Re: 360 degrees of rotation?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:30 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
Hello -

Unfortunately, not out of the box. The use of the TrackIR camera is limited to a relatively narrow field of view compared to a full 360 range of motion because of the need to have line of sight to three pre-defined markers. Head tracking of this nature would require multiple cameras set up in a ring, or a custom marker orientation, likely both for best results.

Re: 360 degrees of rotation?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:10 pm
by raeldor
Thank you for your reply. Does your software support multiple camera configurations?

Thanks
Ray

Re: 360 degrees of rotation?

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:27 pm
by NaturalPoint - Mike
TrackIR is restricted to single-camera tracking, but our OptiTrack line offers a variety of multi-camera options:

www.optitrack.com