Paper Info
Title
Retrotracker: Upgrading Existing Virtual Reality Tracking Systems
Abstract
Virtual reality systems often make use of spatially tracked handheld props in the form of controllers or specialized objects to add realism and interaction. Tracking these objects today relies on the use of expensive, bulky, and power-consuming trackers that must be attached to an object. We propose a passive tracking technique that works with existing low-cost, off-the -shelf optical tracking components and is capable of turning any object into a tracked virtual reality prop. Our method utilizes paper-thin retro-reflective markers that can be placed in any free-form on everyday objects. The proof-of-concept prototype acts as a simple add-on for an existing tracking system and requires only a minimal amount of compute overhead. We demonstrate that our method allows bringing physical real-world objects to virtual worlds with ease, and provides an object identification technique using patterned retro-reflective markers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/VR.2019.8798220
2019 26TH IEEE CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL REALITY AND 3D USER INTERFACES (VR)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Human-centered computing-Visualization-Visualization techniques-Treemaps, Human-centered computing-Visualization-Visualization design and evaluation methods
Computer vision,Metaverse,BitTorrent tracker,Virtual reality,Passive tracking,Computer science,Tracking system,Mobile device,Optical tracking,Artificial intelligence
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kylee M. Krzanich100.34
Eric Whitmire201.35
Michael Stengel31209.80
Michael Kass466951933.05
Kaan Aksit5606.34
David Luebke62196140.84