Motion Tracking Requirements and Technologies

The science of motion tracking is fascinating because of its highly interdisciplinary nature and wide range of applications. This chapter will attempt to capture the interdisciplinary approach by organizing the subject differently from the several excellent review articles already available (Meyer et al, 1992; Ferrin, 1991; Bhatnagar, 1993; National Research Council, 1995). These reviews tend to break trackers into several technology categories, and evaluate the merits of each technology by inferring from commonalties amongst the performance and ergonomics of existing trackers in that class. This survey will instead focus on what capabilities are required for various applications, and what methods can be used to realize these capabilities.

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