[IGSTK-Users] IGSTK 5.0

[Özgür Güler]

On the behalf of the IGSTK developer's team, I am pleased to
announce the release of

                   IGSTK 5.0

You can download this release from the Download page:
http://www.igstk.org/IGSTK/resources/software.html

Build instructions are found here:
http://public.kitware.com/IGSTKWIKI/index.php/How_to_build_IGSTK

This new release included the following.

Support for additional tracking devices
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1) Support for the Certus optical Tracker: With this addition IGSTK
supports all optical and electromagnetic tracking systems from NDI.
http://www.ndigital.com/lifesciences/certus-motioncapturesystem.php

2) Support for "Polaris Classic" (older model of NDI Polaris Tracker):
The first generation NDI Polaris active tracking system
API was previously not supported in IGSTK. With this addition the toolkit
now supports both the original and current communication APIs for
the Polaris tracking systems. For additional details see
http://hdl.handle.net/10380/3288 .

3) Support for the CamBar B2 optical tracker. The CamBar B2 is a
compact passive optical tracking system available from AXIOS 3D
Services (GmbH http://axios3d.com/EN/products/trackingsys/cambarb2.html).
For additional details
see http://hdl.handle.net/10380/3288.

4) Support for the easyTrack 500 optical tracker. The easyTrack 500 is
an active optical
tracking system available from Atracsys LLC
(http://atracsys.com/_products/easyTrack500.php).
For additional details see http://hdl.handle.net/10380/3288.

5) Support for monocular tracking of planar markers using the ArUco
toolkit available from the AVA research group at the university of Córdoba
(http://www.uco.es/investiga/grupos/ava/node/26). This new addition
transforms any computer
with a webcam into a tracking system.


Example applications
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1) MultiTrackerLogger: New example application which can be used to
log pose information from the NDI Polaris Classic, CamBar B2 and easyTrak 500.

Misc
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1) IGSTK now uses Git for version control.

2) Bug fixes.

3) IGSTK has now a new logo (http://www.igstk.org/)

Enjoy IGSTK

Özgür Güler


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