CCD-camera based optical beacon tracking for virtual and augmented reality

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-216

  Madritsch, Franz ^a   Gervautz, Michael ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beacon tracking; Input technology; Optical tracking; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; TRACKING (POSITION);

AUGMENTED REALITY; BEACON DETECTION ALGORITHM; BEACON TRACKING; OPTICAL TRACKING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0030245833     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8659.1530207     Document Type: Article

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