Workshop "Ubiquitous Tracking", Salzburg 06-08 Feb 2004

protocol 06 Feb 2004: general discussion about Ubitrack

Simulation Environment

• possible support from TU Wien
  • Tamer Fahmy : Pivy, Coin
  • Karin Kosina, Marius Kintel (SIM): Coin
• read picture from graphics card, write to DWARF SharedMemory for ARToolkit Tracker
  (SEP Gerrit Hildebrand: VirtualCamera)
• texture for walls (picture from some wall)
• add fog

Ubitrack Goals

• many different aspects in middleware, network routing, algorithmic concerns
• goal (many years): flexibility and mathematical know-how
• first steps toward an implementation in DWARF
• expanding those first ideas for further research
• interesting different algorithmic approaches for several aspects such as calibration, sensor fusion, error estimation, etc.
  dependent on set-up and requirements of the application
• reusablility of the implementation in other parts of DWARF or a further implementation of the Ubitrack framework
  (only if API is really easy, otherwise partial reuse of code and services)
• integration of Ubitrack in already existing applications
• good diploma thesis
• presentation of a demo
• Ubitrack as an application for DWARF (demo, video-presentation, etc.)
• expanding the abilities of the middleware
• good example to consolidate the position of the DWARF Framework

-- DagmarBeyer^? - 17 Feb 2004