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Camera based beacon tracking: accuracy and applications

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VRST '96: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

Pages 101 - 108

https://doi.org/10.1145/3304181.3304202

Published: 01 July 1996 Publication History

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Optical beacon tracking (OBT) is gaining importance for real-time object position and orientation sensing. We assess the limits of this method and present both practical and theoretical accuracy figures. The basic geometric relationships for 3, 5, and 6 degrees of freedom trackers are outlined. We propose a search algorithm for inexpensive image processing thereby avoiding any specialized hardware. We show our first experiences with this tracking concept for fish-tank and augmented reality applications.

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Wagemakers AFafard DStavness IMark GFussell SLampe Cschraefel mHourcade JAppert CWigdor D(2017)Interactive Visual Calibration of Volumetric Head-Tracked 3D DisplaysProceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3025453.3025685(3943-3953)Online publication date: 2-May-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3025453.3025685
Youngkwan Cho Jun Park Neumann U(1997)Fast color fiducial detection and dynamic workspace extension in video see-through self-tracking augmented realityProceedings The Fifth Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications10.1109/PCCGA.1997.626197(168-177,)Online publication date: 1997
https://doi.org/10.1109/PCCGA.1997.626197

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VRST '96: Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

July 1996

207 pages

ISBN:0897918258

DOI:10.1145/3304181

General Chair:
Mark Green
University of Alberta
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National University of Singapore
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Michael Zyda
Naval Postgraduate School

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Wagemakers AFafard DStavness IMark GFussell SLampe Cschraefel mHourcade JAppert CWigdor D(2017)Interactive Visual Calibration of Volumetric Head-Tracked 3D DisplaysProceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3025453.3025685(3943-3953)Online publication date: 2-May-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3025453.3025685
Youngkwan Cho Jun Park Neumann U(1997)Fast color fiducial detection and dynamic workspace extension in video see-through self-tracking augmented realityProceedings The Fifth Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications10.1109/PCCGA.1997.626197(168-177,)Online publication date: 1997
https://doi.org/10.1109/PCCGA.1997.626197

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