Blender Game Engine controlled with VRPN

This is a demo showing how we can use a tracking device to control objects in the Blender Game Engine. We have solved this via an API that allows us to use a large range of trackers or other input devices. In this case, we have chosen the ARToolkit for the demo.

This extension enables us to use the Blender Game Engine as a powerful Framework for creation of immersive Virtual Reality applications.

We are looking for developers and modelers who want to join our team or collaborate.

ATouchOfBlender

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Blender
• Game
• Engine
• Tracking
• Virtual
• Reality

[Tonefeeder]

Great!!! is there a blend file??

[ATouchOfBlender]

Not yet, but there will be. We had to modify the Blender Game Engine for that and are currently seeking for contact to the core developers of Blender, resp. Blender Game Engine to include the code in the source code of Blender.

[Pr3DaToR15]

dox you use camera for this or what?

[ATouchOfBlender]

Yes, in this case it is done with a cam (you can see it on top of the monitor. It's a Logitech Quickcam 9000.

But I have used tracking via webcam only for quick demonstration purposes. You can do that easily with all trackers supported by VRPN. Today, I tracked the object with a Polhemus electromagnetic tracker, which also went smooth.

[arnovanmassenhove]

that's nice !!

[elia0109]

it would be so cool with a video howto thing on this

[BigCheese00001]

So did you actually modify the source of blender or create some sort of plugin? Same goes for the Novint Falcon video too.

Thanks.

[oscarmexarg]

hello my name is Oscar Ardito Arce i would like to join your team you can find some of my work looking for my name in youtube.

[Pr3DaToR15]

yes so cool!

[BakenBowl]

Very cool.