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Thought experiments in magnetic tracking.
OK, so the lack of hardware of any kind to test with is really killing me here, because it means all of this is pure speculation. However, while thinking through the issues of the hydra's tracking ...
Yes. I thought as much.
I wasn't sure about the sensitivity of it, but after studying how the hydra tracking works, I already reached the conclusion most magnetometers are too slow.
(a 2ms pulse is never going to be picked up by any of them. The fastest I've seen so far updates at about 160 hz, which is about 1/5th the minimum requirment to even be able to detect the pulses.)
It was an interesting thought, but it seems out of the realms of practicality.
I might still experiment with it just to be sure when I get a working hydra in my hands though. (I now have a PS move controller, so at least one magnetometer I can experiment with...)
I wasn't sure about the sensitivity of it, but after studying how the hydra tracking works, I already reached the conclusion most magnetometers are too slow.
(a 2ms pulse is never going to be picked up by any of them. The fastest I've seen so far updates at about 160 hz, which is about 1/5th the minimum requirment to even be able to detect the pulses.)
It was an interesting thought, but it seems out of the realms of practicality.
I might still experiment with it just to be sure when I get a working hydra in my hands though. (I now have a PS move controller, so at least one magnetometer I can experiment with...)