Tracker Calibration using Tetrahedral Mesh and Tricubic Spline Models of Warp

  • Authors:
  • Christoph W. Borst

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  • Venue:
  • VR '04 Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality 2004
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

This paper presents a three-level tracker calibrationsystem that greatly reduces errors in tracked position andorientation. The first level computes an error-minimizingrigid body transform that eliminates the need for precisealignment of a tracker base frame. The second corrects forfield warp by interpolating correction values stored withvertices in a tetrahedrization of warped space. The thirdperforms an alternative field warp calibration byinterpolating corrections in the parameter space of atricubic spline model of field warp. The system isevaluated for field warp calibration near a passive-hapticpanel in both low-warp and high-warp environments. Thespline method produces the most accurate results,reducing median position error by over 90% and medianorientation error by over 80% when compared to the useof only a rigid body transform.