It’s been quite a while since my last webcam tracking post but some magic has happened behind the curtains and two projects emerged during the last weeks which I don’t want to leave unmentioned.
The guys at Neue Digitale did a pretty sweet job with their Audi Quattro Urban Curving Online Special which offers a game that lets you steer your way down steep roads by tilting your head left and right with the help of my tracking code.
Mariusz Kreft and Matthias Gomille from argonautenG2 used my code for an awesome banner prototype as an entry for the Young Lions Award in Cannes. Let’s hope they rock the contest.
Here’s their Home Sweet Home Cinema website:
I’ve got a small update for my tracking code in the pipe which both of these projects are using. It’s basically a little cleaner than the current public version and I will probably release it in a few weeks. I’m also looking into Haar tracking algortihms which allow face recognition, but I couldn’t decide wether I want to implement a C++ Eninge (maybe OpenCV?) via alchemy or try it in AS3. I’ll look into that when I have some spare time after work at Big Spaceship, so stay tuned.
November 11th, 2009 at 12:21
Hi!
dont know if you remember but i hassled you about a year ago about your EXCELLENT webcam colour tracking thaught i would let you know how it went and what the end result looks like
would like to thank you again for you excellent code and really helpful comments
here is the link
http://www.oicgame.co.uk/
i achieved a 2:1 for the website and made sure it was clear to my tutors where i found the source code from
thanks again
Vic
November 13th, 2009 at 20:22
Hey Vic, I think it’s great that you found such a nice way to implement the code and what makes me even happier is that it was useful to you. Now I’m not familiar with the British grading system, but I hope a 2:1 is good ;) Glad I could help
November 30th, 2009 at 21:38
2:1 is good!
The only grade above it is a 1st, only one person on my course got a 1st so i feel good!
November 30th, 2009 at 21:40
Well, congratulations then!
July 13th, 2010 at 10:29
do you still plan to realease the update Version of the tracking code? I would be very much interested :-)
July 13th, 2010 at 10:43
Thanks for your interest, David. I’m afraid that in the terms of finishing school, moving to Brooklyn and starting a new job I haven’t had as much time for experiments like these anymore. So as of now, I’m not planning to update the tracking code in the near future, although I wish I could.