The Wii controller projects that Johnny Lee has done (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/) seem like they might be applicable. You could put some IR lights on the actors / props and then track them with the Wii remote and some custom software.
Jonathan Blocksom http://www.gollygee.com/weblogs/jblocksom/ On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Tom Longson (nym) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Sophia, > > I'm familiar with blocking, but I'm actually referring to doing the tracking > of objects, not the planning. For example, what if you wanted to track an > actor with a light automatically, or find out if an actor is waiting off > stage for their entrance. Basically some kind of device like a wireless > microphone that transmits, and is able to be rapidly located. Basically an > Indoor Positioning System that is lightweight, precise, and has quick > updates. > > Cheers, > Tom Longson (nym) > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 1:30 PM, creta kano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom, > > > > The process of positioning actors on a stage is called blocking: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_(stage) . Is this what your friend is > interested in? Positioning of props is typically derived after blocking. > > > > sophia > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Tom Longson (nym) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anyone here ever done or heard about object positioning? A friend > asked me if I knew how to keep track of actors on a stage, and I'm not sure > if anything like this has been done so far. He also was interested in doing > it for props. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Tom Longson (nym) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Geowanking mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
