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ZanderAdam / OpenTrack.WindowsPhone

OpenTrack head tracking using Windows Phone 8.1
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Use Accelerometer for tracking #4

Closed ZanderAdam closed 9 years ago

ZanderAdam commented 9 years ago

For devices that do not have a gyroscope, use the accelerometer instead.

Re: https://github.com/ZanderAdam/OpenTrack.WindowsPhone/commit/ddeeb61c28944afcf45d66cbd3e7492fc1d26ec6#commitcomment-9616287

ZanderAdam commented 9 years ago

Angle Calculation: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3755059/3d-accelerometer-calculate-the-orientation

ZanderAdam commented 9 years ago

Branch started: https://github.com/ZanderAdam/OpenTrack.WindowsPhone/tree/UseAccelerometer

While Roll and Pitch can be easily calculated, Yaw is the tricky one.

ZanderAdam commented 9 years ago

The accelerometer does not provide data accurately enough to make it usable. It just wont well enough to justify it.