Optical tracking using commodity hardware
Simon Hay, Joseph Newman and Robert Harle. Optical tracking using commodity hardware. In Proceedings of the 7th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR 2008).
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 +/-2mm over a large tracking volume.
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