<title>Study on tracking system with pulsed AC magnetic field for virtual reality system</title>

2011 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nathan D. Darnall ◽

Vinay Mishra ◽

Sankar Jayaram ◽

Uma Jayaram

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Smart Home ◽

Tracking System ◽

Virtual Reality System ◽

Positional Accuracy ◽

Home Environments ◽

Smart System ◽

Head Mounted Display ◽

Six Dof ◽

Smart Home Environments

Virtual reality (VR) technologies and systems have the potential to play a key role in assisting disabled inhabitants of smart home environments with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). While immersive environments have useful applications in the fields of gaming, simulation, and manufacturing, their capabilities have been largely untapped in smart home environments. We have developed an integrated CAD and virtual reality system which assists a smart home resident in locating and navigating to objects in the home. Using the methods presented in this paper, a room modeled in a CAD system is imported into a virtual environment, which is linked to an audio query-response interface. The user’s head and room objects are fitted with the sensors which are part of a six DOF motion tracking system. Methods have been created to allow the inhabitant to move objects around in the room and then later issue an audio query for the location of the object. The system generates an audio response with the object’s position relative to the person’s current position and orientation. As he approaches the object, information is derived from the virtual models of both the room and the objects within the room to provide better guidance. The ability of the VR-SMART system to guide a resident to an object was tested by mounting a head mounted display (HMD) on a user located in a room. This allowed the user to navigate through the virtual world that simulated the room he occupied, thereby providing a way to test the positional accuracy of the virtual system. Results of the testing in the immersive environment showed that although the overall system shows promise at a 30% success rate, the success of the system depends on the accuracy and calibration of the tracking system. In order to improve the success of the system, we explored the precision of a second motion capture system, with more accurate results. Results confirmed that the VR-SMART system could significantly improve the assistance of disabled people in finding objects easily in the room when implemented only as an assistive system without the head-mounted display.

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High-definition wireless personal area tracking using AC magnetic field for virtual reality

2017 IEEE Virtual Reality (VR) ◽

10.1109/vr.2017.7892250 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mohit Singh ◽

Byunghoo Jung

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Virtual Reality ◽

High Definition ◽

Ac Magnetic Field

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Optoelectronic tracking system for shooting simulator - tests in a virtual reality application

Photonics Letters of Poland ◽

10.4302/plp.v12i2.1025 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 61

Author(s):

Marcin Maciejewski ◽

Marek Piszczek ◽

Mateusz Pomianek ◽

Norbert Pałka

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Motion Tracking ◽

Tracking System ◽

Low Cost ◽

Test Results ◽

Virtual Reality System ◽

Training Simulator ◽

Present Test ◽

Accuracy And Precision ◽

Tracking Device

We present test results of an authorial tracking device developed in the SteamVR system, optimized for use in a missile launcher shooting simulator. Data for analysis was collected using the virtual reality training application, with the launcher set on a stable tripod and held by a trainee who executed two scenarios with static and movable targets. The analysis of experimental data confirms that the SteamVR system together with the developed tracker can be successfully implemented in the virtual shooting simulator. Full Text: PDF ReferencesD. Bogatinov, P. Lameski, V. Trajkovik, K.M. Trendova, "Firearms training simulator based on low cost motion tracking sensor", Multimed. Tools Appl. 76(1) (2017) CrossRef D.C. Niehorster, L. Li, M. Lappe, "The Accuracy and Precision of Position and Orientation Tracking in the HTC Vive Virtual Reality System for Scientific Research", Iperception. 8(3) (2017) CrossRef A. Yates, J. Selan, POSITIONAL TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS. US20160131761A1, (2016) DirectLink P. Caserman, A. Garcia-Agundez, R. Konrad, S. Göbel, R. Steinmetz, Virtual Real. 23(2) (2019) 155-68. CrossRef

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Feasibility of using a fully immersive virtual reality system for kinematic data collection

10.1101/547992 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Kate A. Spitzley ◽

Andrew R. Karduna

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Data Collection ◽

Tracking System ◽

High Volume ◽

Virtual Reality System ◽

Kinematic Data ◽

Magnetic Tracking ◽

Signal Drift ◽

Research Grade ◽

Rigid Segment

AbstractCommercially-available Virtual Reality (VR) systems have the potential to be effective tools for simultaneous visual manipulation and kinematic data collection. Previously, these systems have been integrated with research-grade motion capture systems to provide both functionalities; however, they are yet to be used as stand-alone systems for kinematic data collection. This study aimed to validate the HTC VIVE VR system for kinematic data collection by evaluating the accuracy of its position and orientation signals. The VIVE controller and tracker were each compared to a Polhemus Liberty magnetic tracking system sensor for angular and translational measurement error and signal drift. A sensor from each system was mounted to opposite ends of a rigid segment which was driven through fifty rotations and fifty translations. Mean angular errors for both the VIVE tracker and controller were below 0.4°. Mean translational error for both sensors was below 3 mm. Drift in the Liberty signal components was consistently lower than drift in VIVE components. However, all mean rotational drift measures were below 0.1° and all mean translational measures were below 0.35 mm. These data indicate that the HTC VIVE system may be a valid and reliable means of kinematic data collection. However, further investigation is necessary to determine the VIVE’s suitability for capturing extremely minute or high-volume movements.

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