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Viewfinder: supporting the installation and reconfiguration of multi-camera motion capture systems with a mobile application

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We present ViewFinder, a cross-platform mobile application to support the installation and reconfiguration of marker-based motion capture systems with multiple cameras. ViewFinder addresses a common issue when installing or reconfiguring motion capture systems: that system components such as cameras and the host computer can be physically separate and/or difficult to reach, requiring personnel to maneuver between them frequently and laboriously. ViewFinder allows setup technicians or end-users to visualize the output of each camera in the system in a variety of ways in real time, on a smartphone or tablet, while also providing a means to make adjustments to system parameters such as exposure or marker thresholds on the fly. The app has been designed and evaluated through a process observing user-centered design principles, and effectively reduces the amount of work involved in installing and reconfiguring motion capture systems.

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    MUM '17: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
    November 2017
    567 pages
    ISBN:9781450353786
    DOI:10.1145/3152832
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    1. motion capture
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