Motion Tracking and Papervision
A couple of days ago I posted my first attempt at motion tracking in AS3 using a webcam and promised that I would play a little bit more with it. Well, I got a little bit anxious and before refining the tracking code I decided to put it to use.
You may have seen the video of head tracking using the Nintendo Wii. That video inspired me to try my hand at the same concept using Flash, Papervision 3d, and my newly discovered love for trying to get motion tracking / facial recognition into Flash.
As such, I have created this example which is my first step in creating some sort of tracking interaction with a 3d scene. if you would care to see a little bit more detail about what is going on, hit X to see the video and W to see the framerate. Stay tuned for more updates as I update the tracking code. Once again, I will post the source when it is a little further along.
** please note that you require a webcam to take advantage of the motion tracking, if you do not have a camera the scene’s camera is simply controlled by the mouse.
This is amazing. Can’t wait to study it. Thanks! Keep it up
MikeM said this on June 19th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Sweet. Nice work.
John Lindquist said this on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:45 am
Good site I “Stumbledupon” it today and gave it a stumble for you.. looking forward to seeing what else you have..later
Wii Tracker said this on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
I always read your blog in high spirits. Thanks
guvenlik sistemleri said this on August 12th, 2008 at 10:24 am
That’s the writing style that tickles me.
Yahoo Tracking said this on August 19th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Awesome. I’m getting a spot in line to get a look at the source code.
Steve said this on August 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
nice picture
güvenlik sistemleri said this on October 16th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
yes, keen to see the source code as I had a similar idea… what res is the camera running at? perhaps it might be better to use coloured paper or LED’s mounted on saftey goggles like your wimote head tracking… you could then easily track the location of the two coloured LED’s as you would infra-red leds.
heres an experiment I made a while ago with flash webcam… nothing to do with headtracking (yet)
http://hydroplain.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-is-as3-time-slicing-demo-i-was.html
sonicoliver said this on November 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Wowww realy great flash animation
I want to Macromedia flash for my new Güvenlik ve kamera sistemleri web pages. but havent got time
Güvenlik Kamera Sistemleri said this on November 6th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
http://www.marcpelland.com/motion3dController.zip
MarcPelland said this on November 12th, 2008 at 3:07 pm