Personal Space Tracker
Complete, fast, accurate optical motion tracking,
where each unit delivers full 6DOF tracking.
From tracking in a small work space to complete multiple room tracking, Personal Space
Trackers are the hassle free optical motion tracking system.
- Stand Alone and connectable
- 40 cm up to 7 meters per unit
- Multi-object tracking
- Set up in minutes and easy to use
- No external processing needed
- Calibration free units
- Available with a variety of lenses
- NEW 110 Hz version available
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Internal processing – use with standard computers.
The Tracker unit itself is taking care of the actual tracking calculations. Using the PST therefore has minimal impact on the computing power of the system on which you run your applications.
Each PST unit works as a complete standalone tracking system. With multiple units, the tracking area is easily. A simple procedure allows you to align the tracked area from each tracker with several others. (overlapping cones procedure).
6DOF tracking per unit versus traditional optical trackers
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Traditional optical trackers require line of sight to at least 2 systems limiting the tracked area to that area that both systems can see.
As each PST is already a 6DOF tracking system you only need a small overlapping area for smooth transition to the tracking area of another PST.
You can now cover tracked areas in a triditional and new waycreate complete new tracking setups
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From table top to vast area. (near field to wide area tracking)
PST’s can be used to track near field (from 40 cm) to several meters (up to 7). Depending on the choice of lenses an optimal tracking area is created. Marker size, size of device and type of marker further determines the ability for a PST to detect an object.
Mark train and interact … with almost anything
Transform arbitrary objects like cubes, pens, helmets, bodyparts, glasses and tennis rackets into tracked objects. Just add markers randomly over an object, show it to the tracker and start tracking.
Both passive(tape and speres) and active (led’s) markers can be used. One marker gives you 3 degrees of freedom, while 4+ markers on an object gives you 6 Degrees of freedom. Furthermore you can track at least 15 different devices using the Personal space tracker.
Did we tell you that training a new device is done in seconds.
55 or 110 frames per second full resolution tracking
The PST uses uses tangible, wireless interaction devices for 3D interaction. These devices are tracked using a sophisticated optical tracking system. The position and orientation (pose) of the devices are reconstructed 55 times per second for the standard PST. The PST-110 reconstructs at a framerate of 110Hz. The PST-110 has adjustable framerates up to 110 Hz and at everey framerate it reconstructs at the full camera resolution.
Normal lighting conditions & Dynamic lighting
The optical tracking is based on infrared lighting, reducing interference of visible light sources from the environment. This allows the PST to be used under normal office working conditions, without requiring controlled lighting.
The dynamic lighting of the PST allows you have to PST units facing each other. Furthermore the dynamic lighting allows you to define the illumination level, optimizing the illumination of an area and taking full advantage of both near field and further away tracking.
Tracking software The PST comes with an easy to use tracker application.
This application is used for new device training, aligning multiple PST units, managing devices, origin definition and interfacing your application. You can import the tracking data using the standard interfaces VRPN and Dtrack. A simple SDK allows you to bypass the standard interfaces and import the tracking data direct in your application. The software also allows you to create a log of the position and orientation of the tracked devices over time.
