The Hedgehog: A novel optical tracking method for spatially immersive displays

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 83-89

  Vorozcovs, A ^a   Hogue, A ^a   Stuerzlinger, W ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

6DOF tracking; Virtual reality; Vision based tracking

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY DEVICES; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PROJECTION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

6DOF TRACKING; LASER ACTIVATION CONTROL; OPTICAL TRACKING METHOD; VISION-BASED TRACKING;

TRACKING (POSITION);

EID: 28444475252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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