Design and evaluation of a SteamVR tracker for training applications – simulations and measurements

• Autorzy: Maciejewski Marcin , Piszczek Marek , Pomianek Mateusz , Pałka Norbert

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DOI

10.24425/mms.2020.134841

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Virtual reality (VR) has become a realistic alternative to conventional learning methods in numerous fields including military training. Accurate and precise tracking of a user wearing a head-mounted display is necessary to achieve an immersive VR experience. The widely available SteamVR system, where licensed users can design and construct trackers optimized for a given application can be an alternative to very expensive professional motion tracking. This paper presents the complete design process of a SteamVR tracker dedicated to a shooting simulation in a VR environment. We describe the optimization and simulation of the tracker’s shape and configuration of the sensors. In the simulation phase the developed model had better parameters than its commercial counterparts. Next, the optimized prototype was constructed and configured. The dedicated and automated measuring arrangement provided experimental verification of the tracker’s performance. Tracking performance as well as the accuracy and precision of both position and orientation measurements were determined and compared with simulations, which proved that the simulation software can accurately predict selected properties of the proposed tracker.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

motion capture; SteamVR; accuracy; precision; tracker design; virtual shooting simulator

• Wydawca: Komitet Metrologii i Aparatury Naukowej PAN
• Czasopismo: Metrology and Measurement Systems
• Rocznik: 2020
• Tom: Vol. 27, nr 4
• Strony: 601--614
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 17 poz., rys., wykr., wzory

Twórcy

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Maciejewski Marcin

• Military University of Technology, Institute of Optoelectronics, gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego, 2, 00-908, Warsaw, Poland

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Piszczek Marek

• Military University of Technology, Institute of Optoelectronics, gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego, 2, 00-908, Warsaw, Poland

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Pomianek Mateusz

• Military University of Technology, Institute of Optoelectronics, gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego, 2, 00-908, Warsaw, Poland

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Pałka Norbert

• Military University of Technology, Institute of Optoelectronics, gen. Sylwestra Kaliskiego, 2, 00-908, Warsaw, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).