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sfrost	#1 16/02/2012 - 18h00 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 1 Registered on : 16/02/2012 Off line	Just wondering if i can use a 2light LED system rather than a 3 cause i found a nice pair of safety goggles that have built in LEDs but they only have 2 leds not 3 so just wondering if they will do the trick or if i still have to modify them to attach a 3rd 1?
Slanter	#2 19/02/2012 - 09h32 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 13 Registered on : 15/02/2012 Off line	I don't know, I seem to remember reading that you could track with two points, but it doesn't look like freetrack alloys 3 points (i've blocked out 1 point on my clip and the dots are red) If I were you i'd just get a cheap keychain or pocket LED flashlight and just figure out a way to mount it between the two points.
Blindasabat	#3 21/02/2012 - 23h37 Top
Class : Habitué Posts : 83 Registered on : 02/05/2011 Off line	It won't work with 2 leds since all configurations are for 1 or 3 led pointmodels. 1 Led pointmodels for 2 axis tracking and 3 led pointmodels for all 6 degrees of freedom. It isn't so much a limitation of FreeTrack, but more that for 6 DoF you need triangulation, hence the 3 pointmodel. Edit: I forgot about the 4 pointmodel, but that one is obsolete. Edited by Blindasabat on 21/02/2012 at 23h38.
Atlessa	#4 06/03/2012 - 00h27 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 1 Registered on : 06/03/2012 Off line	So if I were to fix ONE led to, say, my headsets mic... That will work for 2DoF?
Steph	#5 06/03/2012 - 09h23 Top
Class : Moderator Posts : 656 Registered on : 16/11/2007 Off line	Yes.
AshliMeley	#6 28/11/2012 - 08h42 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 1 Registered on : 28/11/2012 Off line	1 Led pointmodels for 2 axis tracking and 3 led pointmodels for all 6 degrees of freedom. ________________________ led fluorescent tube led fluorescent lights led replacement for fluorescent Edited by AshliMeley on 29/11/2012 at 08h32.

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