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Unitytoolkit with 2D camera?

Norbi_K_ — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:13:27 GMT

Hello guys,

Just a quick question. Is a regular 2D web camera supported by the Tracking action found in the Unitytoolkit? It seems like it's not doing anything, although if I add a simple Activate action, it does work.

Cheers,

Norbi

It depends on the function

MartyG — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:32:42 GMT

It depends on the function really. Some RealSense functions such as sensing emotion in the voice work if ordinary cams, if I recall right, because they are processing audio and so are not dependent on a hardware function only found in the 3D cam. Other functions such as joint tracking require a 3D gesture detection cam like RealSense.

I think that 2D cameras can also recognize motion via crude "blob tracking" (observing the general hand shape) but cannot track specific joints like the RealSense cam does.

Thanks Marty. That's true, I

Norbi_K_ — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 09:02:07 GMT

Thanks Marty. That's true, I forgot to mention it's for face tracking. You happen to know anything about that?

I know plenty about face

MartyG — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 23:42:35 GMT

I know plenty about face tracking in Unity with the RealSense camera and the TrackingAction script, but not much about using it with a 2D camera if that is what you are asking.

Since face tracking in Unity with the TrackingAction script is so heavily reliant on reading specific face points (eyebrow left / right / center, lip left / right / center, etc), I would think that it would be essential for that script to be using a RealSense cam.

Cheers Marty, we'll just use

Norbi_K_ — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 09:24:57 GMT

Cheers Marty, we'll just use the SDK then, and see how it works. Appreciate your help.