Unitytoolkit with 2D camera?

[Norbi_K_]

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

[MartyG]

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. 

[Norbi_K_]

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

[MartyG]

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.

[Norbi_K_]

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