On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:48:33 -0700, Zhitao wrote in message <000601ce2159$e149f710$a3dde530$@gmail.com>:
> Hi, > > > > I understand some of the reasons why Flightgear is hesitating to use > trackir in the game, now Kinect sensor is available for PC, and it is > far more powerful than the trackir, and with a more open SDK and > license. ..I can easily see the licensing problems, FG is GPLv2. ..but how is it more powerful? What TrackIR does: ... http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/02-products/product-how-TrackIR-works.html ...can be done externally with a webcamera and GPLv3 code: http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/Z.Kalal/tld.html http://libccv.org/post/ccv-now-has-a-state-of-art-tracking-algorithm/ ..or hacked in from FG compatible GPLv2-and-later code: http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/TrackingControl http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionOverview http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/MotionDetectionSettings ..I dunno these guys, but they too discuss this, and I'm gone flying on the fjord ice. ;o): http://www.societyofrobots.com/programming_computer_vision_tutorial_pt4.shtml > Which makes me wonder if anyone in the Flightgear core > development is willing to consider using the Kinect for the head > tracking in Flightgear. After all, head tracking is one of the most > important aspect of flight sim. > > > > I am very interested in everyone's opinions, not just for Kinect with > Flightgear, but also other means of head movement tracking. ..why stop there? ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
