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Old 03-27-2008, 07:14 AM
dan12345 dan12345 is offline
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tracking with multiple LEDS

Hello.
I've been trying to solve the age-old problem of tracking multiple LED lights,
and linking one of them to the head, despite the fact that there's no inherent
identity to the different lights.

We had the system installed just a while ago, and with Paul ( from worldviz )
we tried to work out something which would handle head+hand tracking.
attached is the code - it works on a tryouy with markers
and keyboard/mouse tracking, but get's messed up when i try it with PPT tracking, and things don't get tracked correctly. ( both ppt's end
up moving the head, and none the hand, and strange leaps occur )
#########################
### ##HERE IS THE CODE#######
#########################

import viz
import __main__
import viztracker

head = viz.addGroup()
hand = viz.addGroup()
pos1 = None
pos2 = None
headLink = None
handLink = None
head_ori = None
hand_ori = None
posHeadLink = None
posHandLink = None

STEP_SIZE = 4 # STEP_SIZE * real step in life = the step in the VR

def setUp():
global head,pos1,pos2, posHeadLink, posHandLink, head_ori,hand_ori
__main__.PORT_PPT = 1
pos1 = viz.add('vizppt.dls')
pos2 = viz.add('vizppt.dls')
__main__.PORT_INTERSENSE = 4
hand_ori = viz.add('intersense.dls')
__main__.PORT_INTERSENSE = 5
head_ori = viz.add('intersense.dls')

# pos1 = viztracker.Keyboard6DOF()
# pos2 = viztracker.MouseTracker()
# head_ori = viztracker.Keyboard6DOF()
# hand_ori = viztracker.Keyboard6DOF()

posHeadLink = viz.link(pos1,head,enabled=False,mask=viz.LINK_POS )
oriHeadLink = viz.link(head_ori,head,enabled=False,mask=viz.LINK _ORI)
posHandLink = viz.link(pos2,hand,enabled=False,mask=viz.LINK_POS )
oriHandLink = viz.link(hand_ori,hand,enabled=False,mask=viz.LINK _ORI)
vizact.onupdate(viz.PRIORITY_PLUGINS+1,posHeadLink .update) #Manually update link after plugins
vizact.onupdate(viz.PRIORITY_PLUGINS+1,oriHeadLink .update) #Manually update link after plugins
vizact.onupdate(viz.PRIORITY_PLUGINS+1,posHandLink .update) #Manually update link after plugins
vizact.onupdate(viz.PRIORITY_PLUGINS+1,oriHandLink .update) #Manually update link after plugins
update()

def getHead():
return head

def getHand():
return hand

def update():
y1 = pos1.getPosition()[1]
y2 = pos2.getPosition()[1]
if y2>y1 :
posHandLink.setSrc(pos1)
posHeadLink.setSrc(pos2)
else :
posHandLink.setSrc(pos2)
posHeadLink.setSrc(pos1)

#scaleLink = posHeadLink.postScale([STEP_SIZE,1,STEP_SIZE],target=viz.LINK_POS_OP) #Scale movement factor

def resetPos():
posHeadLink.reset(viz.RESET_X | viz.RESET_Z)
posHandLink.reset(viz.RESET_X | viz.RESET_Z)

def resetOri():
head_ori.reset()
hand_ori.reset()


vizact.onkeydown(' ',update)
vizact.onkeydown('t',resetPos)
vizact.onkeydown('r',resetOri)

if __name__ == '__main__' :
viz.go()
#myroom = viz.add('C:/Dan/WorldViz/Vizard30/tutorials/gettingstarted/room.wrl')
setUp()
marker1 = viz.add('marker.wrl')
marker2 = viz.add('marker.wrl')
viz.eyeheight(0)
marker1.color([1,1,0])
viz.link(head,marker1)
viz.link(hand,marker2)
#viz.link(head,viz.MainView)

#######################
END OF CODE
#######################

I also looked at the forum post from 2003
http://www.worldviz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175
which talks about the problem there, but i saw the solution given
there by the admin doesn't use updated viz terms, such as links and such,
( for example it uses the viz.tracker() command, which i see isn't
being used in the viztracker file, so i guessed it was outdated...)
but manually translates objects according to position. (Is the solution offered there still possible? would you advise it? )

Hope i was clear enough.... would be happy for any help i could get, i'm
pretty desperate myself. I actually want specifically to solve the problem
for 3 ppts and 2 orientation sensors ( Head, Hand, and one more PPT on the leg ), so if you could provide me a solution to that problem speficially that would be the best...
thanks alot!
dan
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