FaceTrackNoIR vs Opentrack

說到頭部追蹤,
FreeTrack是最早出現能夠取代TrackIR的免費方案
他主要是支援紅外線LED的追蹤
對新的硬體設備(如Wii Remote),以及新的追踨方式(如臉部辨識)支援都很緩慢或不支援
而且現在似乎已經停止更新
印象中一開始的時候他沒有開源
在他開源之後,接下來發展的就是FaceTrackNoIR和Opentrack

FaceTrackNoIR

作者v4friend
2010/05/04加入SouceForge,開始了FaceTrackNoIR的專案
有參考FreeTrack的Source code

In May 2010 my friend and former colleague Ronski told me he was gaming ArmA2 quite often. He found some interesting gadgets for it, to use head-movements in-game. He came up with TrackIR and (for us Dutch quite interesting) the free Free-Track. Ronski saw 2 problems: his budget was close to EUR 0,- and he does not like gaming with Borg-like
(you must have seen some Star Trek episodes?) devices.

Could we not make a new head-tracker with the faceAPI from SeeingMachines he had just found? As I was looking for a challenge and like to explore new worlds (…), I accepted.

As a professional engineer, I like to start with things that work. On the WWW I found a little program called ‘SweetSpotter’, which is open-source. Luckily the Free-Track source is also open (well, most of it), so we could start with that.

(作者因為生病,生活有些艱難,v2.0的FaceTrackNoIR已經改為收取微小費用才能下載)

Opentrack

作者sthalik(Stanisław Halik)和mm0zct
最早公開的版應該是應opentrack-2.0a6 (2013/10/22)
https://sourceforge.net/p/facetracknoir/discussion/1150909/thread/8771c92d/
最早在Github上的版本是opentrack-2.0a3
https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/releases?after=opentrack-2.0rc1
sthalik曾協助FaceTrackNoIR開發
例如作過臉部追蹤的HT-Tracker(約2012/09)
他和v4friend都在ARMA的論壇
https://forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/96970-update-facetracknoir/?page=22#comment-2305876
相關資料
https://sourceforge.net/p/facetracknoir/discussion/1150909/thread/8771c92d/

FaceTrackNoIR vs Opentrack

FaceTrackNoIR的安裝很混亂(需要安裝plugin包才能用,裏面是一大堆第三方的安裝程式)
操作介面很難用,曲線等無法即時調整,自定熱鍵抓不到xbox搖桿,可說是各種不順手
他的臉孔辨識是依賴商業軟體FaceAPI的試用版
辨識效果還不錯,CPU使用率也低(一般在5~7%左右)
但比較麻煩的是FaceAPI似乎能夠直接支援的WebCam不多
通常是又得再安裝一個叫ManyCam的虛擬攝影機,才能讓FaceAPI正常使用
夠麻煩的了

OpenTrack可說是集各家之大成,目前最優秀的頭瞄軟體
安裝簡單,介面友善
提供了各種追蹤方式包捨IR LED、標誌追蹤、VR支援等
但他不支援使用一般Web CAM來作臉孔辨識
作者認為原本開發的臉孔辨識HT-Tracker效果太差,就把他廢掉了。FaceAPI好像早期有支援後來也拿掉的樣子。
要臉孔辨識只能用Intel RealSense技術的攝影機

沒有FreeTrack和FaceTrackNoIR,也不會有今天的Opentrack
我們向先賢先列們敬禮!
但現在除了想用臉孔辨識,但又沒有RealSense攝影機的情況
已經找不出任何理由來使用FaceTrackNoIR
直接用Opentrack吧!

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