Optical tracking using commodity hardware

Author

Hay, Simon ; Newman, Joseph ; Harle, Robert

Author_Institution

Digital Technol. Group, Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge

fYear

2008

fDate

15-18 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

159

Lastpage

160

Abstract

We describe a method for using Nintendo Wii controllers as a stereo vision system to perform 3D tracking or motion capture in real time. Commodity consumer hardware allows a wireless, portable tracker to be created that obtains accurate results for a fraction of the cost of conventional setups. Consequently, tracking becomes viable in situations where cost or space were previously prohibitive. Initial results show an accuracy of plusmn2 mm over a large tracking volume.

Keywords

motion compensation; optical tracking; stereo image processing; 3D tracking; Nintendo Wii controllers; commodity hardware; motion capture; optical tracking; stereo vision system; Control systems; Costs; Hardware; Infrared detectors; Infrared sensors; Light emitting diodes; Optical control; Optical filters; Optical sensors; Tracking; H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Multimedia Information Systems—Artificial, augmented and virtual realities; I.4.1 [Image Processing and Computer Vision]: Digitization and Image Capture;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2008. ISMAR 2008. 7th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Cambridge

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2840-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2859-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMAR.2008.4637345

Filename

4637345