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From: cmsbdoll@cms.livjm.ac.uk
Subject: [Q] Head tracking devices
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 01:00:12 GMT
Approved: mboyer@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca, crr@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca

Hi,

I'm about to begin my final year of a BSc in Software Engineering
at Liverpool John Moores University in England and I am looking
for information about tracking devices.

I am developing a system to track the motion of a human head for
my final year project. The aim of the device is to allow people
with motor dissabilities to control the mouse pointer in MS Windows
on a PC.

I think that this is similar to the technology used to track the
motion of human body parts in totally immersive vertual reality
applications. Therefore it is in this area that I am searching
for information.

If you have any information regarding this technology, even if its
just the e-mail address of somebody who is using it could you please
let me know. If you happen to know of any publications on the
subject the information would be invaluable to me.

Thank you for any information you can provide.

Bryan Dollery.

[ This is a difficult problem in telerobotics too, and the devices I
  know about are not perfect.  I'd like to know more about this; so
  please post a summary of what you find.  You may also want to look
  in the comp.robotics FAQ.  -MB ]

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