filename     : p_gie02.pdf
entry        : inproceedings
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year         : 2002
title        : Using a Panoramic Camera for 3D Head Tracking in an AR Environment
author       : B. Giesler and T. Salb and T. Weyrich and R. Dillmann
booktitle    : Proceedings of 9th IEEE Int. Conference on Mechatronics and Machine Vision in Practice
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language     : Englisch
month        : September
keywords     : Augmented reality, head tracking, panoramic camera
abstract     : For Augmented Reality using a pair of transparent 3D glasses, a precise and fast method for head tracking is required, to determine the user's position and direction of gaze in all six degrees of freedom. The methods currently available require expensive external sensors and have small working areas and/or other limitations. We propose a method that uses a panoramic camera that is mounted directly on the user's head, combined with cheap, easily mountable passive artificial landmarks. The panoramic camera uses a paraboloid mirror, which allows for interesting algorithmic simplifications. The system has been tested both in simulation and in reality and shows promising results.