1 Jul
2021
1 Jul
'21
10:26 p.m.
Hey hey,
I am sorry if this seems very off-topic. But I thought that there might be
performers here who could be experienced with this.
A friend of mine is looking for a simple way to track herself with a camera
for lessons. I have seen that there are gadgets which can recognise a face and
so track a person with a camera. Having no experience with that, at all,
myself, I thought it best to find knowledgeable advice.
I think she will use a mac environment. I don't know how many things - you
might know about - are cross platform or stand alone, though a Raspberry Pi in
support of her work could be quite feasible.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
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2 Jul
2 Jul
1:06 a.m.
On 2021-07-01 20:26, Jeanette C. wrote:
Hey hey,
I am sorry if this seems very off-topic. But I thought that there might be
performers here who could be experienced with this.
A friend of mine is looking for a simple way to track herself with a camera for
lessons. I have seen that there are gadgets which can recognise a face and so
track a person with a camera. Having no experience with that, at all, myself, I
thought it best to find knowledgeable advice.
I think she will use a mac environment. I don't know how many things - you might
know about - are cross platform or stand alone, though a Raspberry Pi in support
of her work could be quite feasible.
I did some research into ball tracking for sports just before the pandemic and
ran across some motorized face tracking cameras with PTZ (pan,tilt,zoom). Don't
know the quality of them though.
I would go to Amazon and search for:
face+tracking+webcam
face+tracking+gimbal
face+tracking+phone+tripod
or similar
Not that I have tested "OBSBOT Tiny AI Webcam" but it looks cool. About $200 on
Amazon.
I also found a nice project with RPi. But I needed something more ready made.
Anyway, here it is.
https://opensource.com/article/20/1/object-tracking-camera-raspberry-pi
Fun video that should keep me from doing the sports project.
"A.I Camera Follows Bald Linesman Instead a Ball"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfOJhxm3M8U
Cheers,
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1:55 a.m.
On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 08:26:58PM +0200, Jeanette C. wrote:
A friend of mine is looking for a simple way to track
herself with a
camera for lessons. I have seen that there are gadgets which can
recognise a face and so track a person with a camera. Having no
experience with that, at all, myself, I thought it best to find
knowledgeable advice.
I don't count as "knowledgeable" here, but in case helpful: some drones
have "follow me" technology. I.e. their firmware contains
object-tracking algorithms optimised for locking-on to, and then
following, a selected person. Earlier drones used a GPS tether.
Links to various discussions of these features:
https://www.dronezon.com/drone-reviews/best-follow-me-gps-mode-drone-techno…
https://store.dji.com/guides/camera-drone-that-follows-you/
https://www.thedronegirl.com/2020/12/09/best-follow-me-drone/
https://www.rewiresecurity.co.uk/blog/dji-phantom-drone-uav-quadcopter-gps-…
I realise that drones aren't ideal if your friend is filming her lessons
indoors! But it's a market segment that has seen a lot of investment in
tracking people with cameras to achieve satisfying cinematography. And
some drones might be viable indoors, perhaps? Especially in a large
room such as a performance venue, if available.
For non-aerial solutions, maybe the following would be a starting point?
https://opensource.com/article/20/1/object-tracking-camera-raspberry-pi
Good luck to your friend!
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8 Jul
8 Jul
7:54 p.m.
Hey Jeanette,
Have you checked out openpose? I think it is only a Linux thing, but I
used it at work and it tracks full body with a standard camera.
Also, another thing that your friend might look into is using the
Microsoft Kinect. The Kinect has tracking built in that you can access
with software. Both the Kinect and Kinect 2 have these kinds of
features. You have to get an adapter to plug it into a standard usb
port. I've played with this a tiny bit for a class I took, but I had
friends who got it to work pretty well for the body.
These two would be for body tracking, not necessarily face tracking.
I hope some of this helps,
Brandon Hale
On 7/1/21 2:26 PM, Jeanette C. wrote:
Hey hey,
I am sorry if this seems very off-topic. But I thought that there
might be performers here who could be experienced with this.
A friend of mine is looking for a simple way to track herself with a
camera for lessons. I have seen that there are gadgets which can
recognise a face and so track a person with a camera. Having no
experience with that, at all, myself, I thought it best to find
knowledgeable advice.
I think she will use a mac environment. I don't know how many things -
you might know about - are cross platform or stand alone, though a
Raspberry Pi in support of her work could be quite feasible.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
9:55 p.m.
Thanks a lot, Brandon, this does help and might be quite to the point.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
Jul 8 2021, Brandon Hale has written:
Hey Jeanette,
Have you checked out openpose? I think it is only a Linux thing, but I
used it at work and it tracks full body with a standard camera.
Also, another thing that your friend might look into is using the
Microsoft Kinect. The Kinect has tracking built in that you can access
with software. Both the Kinect and Kinect 2 have these kinds of
features. You have to get an adapter to plug it into a standard usb
port. I've played with this a tiny bit for a class I took, but I had
friends who got it to work pretty well for the body.
These two would be for body tracking, not necessarily face tracking.
I hope some of this helps,
Brandon Hale
On 7/1/21 2:26 PM, Jeanette C. wrote:
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* Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound
* Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g
* Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c
* GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c
But now I'm stronger than yesterday <3
(Britney Spears)
Hey hey,
I am sorry if this seems very off-topic. But I thought that there
might be performers here who could be experienced with this.
A friend of mine is looking for a simple way to track herself with a
camera for lessons. I have seen that there are gadgets which can
recognise a face and so track a person with a camera. Having no
experience with that, at all, myself, I thought it best to find
knowledgeable advice.
I think she will use a mac environment. I don't know how many things -
you might know about - are cross platform or stand alone, though a
Raspberry Pi in support of her work could be quite feasible.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
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