by justyn roy » Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:44 pm
I think there may be a misunderstanding by what is meant by "Tracking Cameras".
Optitrack cameras are used primarily for Motion Capture: the process or technique of recording patterns of movement digitally.
Usually, this is done with passive markers on an object, actor or performer to track their body and record it.
In the case of Christie's Widget Designer, we use active infrared tags called "ID Tags".
With these tags, we can uniquely track points with these Optitrack cameras.
The cameras themselves don't move, they track the IR Tags and relay that information into a Node System inside of Pandoras Box.
The type of 'tracking camera' you're referring to moves to 'track' an individual or an object itself.
While Widget Designer can do this, this is not what the Optitrack Camera tracking system is designed for.
I hope this helps explain,
Justyn