3D Motion Capture

Step 2 Setup

Before you can begin sketching you'll need to install some software and setup the rig. Here's how:

Step (1)

To begin, install WinVDIG. Its a video digitizer component for Quicktime that will let the Processing video library access the webcams. The version is 1.0.1. The newest version of WinVDIG is 1.0.5, but it doesnt work with the newer versions of Quicktime. Go figure.

Step (2)

Then plug in the cameras and let Windows find the drivers.

Step (3)

While Windows is searching, and assuming you're using the rig detailed in the last step, open the camera rig and clamp it to the corner of a table. Be sure not to tighten the clamp too much or the drawer runners wont open easily.

Step (4)

Slide out the ends of the drawer runners a few inches so that you can attach the cameras to them. Open the clips on the bottoms of the cameras and press them over the top edges of the drawer runners.

Step (5)

Point the cameras directly ahead. Extend the drawer runners so that the cameras can point at the place the dancer will be standing.





Now you're ready to start the applet.