Optical tracking is our origin business: for more than 25 years now, ART has been a leading manufacturer of high-end optical tracking cameras, interaction devices, markers and targets as well as tracking software. ART systems are sold and installed in 40+ countries all over the world.
For a long time Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality (VR/MR/AR) have been the main application areas, but ART tracking systems can do more than that: wherever precise and reliable tracking of objects or human beings is needed, ART optical tracking technology can be helpful in many parts of the product developing process, in analysis and research as well as in various other professional use scenarios. Main industry fields such as the automotive, aerospace or shipbuilding industry have been profitting from them for many years.
Interested in more information about motion tracking and technical details? All this can be found in our Download Center.
Our tracking software for any VR/AR application
All ART systems have been designed around an integrated and adaptable architecture that provides reliable and accurate motion tracking for immersive projection systems, wide area HMD tracking and many other VR applications.
The system hardware based on DTRACK2 & 3 versions typically consists of four main parts:
- The ART Controller which provides the physical interface between the cameras and the host computer, either directly or via a network.
- The infrared tracking array, which can be a combined mix of ARTTRACK, SMARTTRACK or TRACKPACK cameras.
- Accurate and ergonomic navigation and interaction devices such as Flystick and Fingertracking.
ART’s uniquely wide range of custom optical targets for stereoscopic glasses, HMDs, motion capture and many other uses.
Our DTRACK control software is the heart of every ART system. Its purpose is to support fast, easy and accurate setup of your camera configuration and to provide unrivalled stability in operation. 3DOF and 6DOF data are are captured by the cameras and sent to the Controller where real-time orientation and positions are calculated, solved and sent directly to your 3D software application.
DTRACK has been designed around a simple and user-friendly GUI which can be used either directly connected to a system host computer or can allow the system to be controlled from anywhere across a computer network. The tracking data is exchanged between the ART Controller and the DTRACK GUI via a TCP/IP connection, providing maximum flexibility and stability in operation.
Supported 3rd party software and interfaces can be found in the technical data sheet. The DTRACK SDK is made available for our customers and partners in the Download Center.
DTRACK3: Check out enhancements and support information.
DTRACK4: The next Generation
Unity and Unreal
Free downloads: The DTRACK Unity plugin is available in the Unity Asset Store as well as on the OpenUPM portal, while the DTRACK Unreal plugin can be downloaded from our ART GitHub page.
DTRACK4
The next generation
With the growing requirements of cost and space savings, as well as of flexible and easy to integrate systems without “black-boxes within the company network”, we decided to develop a Windows™ 10/11 based DTRACK Software version, eliminating the need for a dedicated ART Controller.
SMARTTRACK3 & SMARTTRACK3/M
plug & play tracking solution for small volumes
Two tracking cameras and the controller are fully integrated in one housing. When delivered, SMARTTRACK3 is pre-calibrated and may be used immediately. This and its compact size make SMARTTRACK3 the ideal mobile, out-of-the-box tracking system.
ART Controller
Suitable for ART TRACKing systems
The ART Controller is available in a single variant for the housing and it is rack-mountable (19" housing). In case no rack will be available at the customer’s site it’s also possible to place the ART Controller on a table for example – there are rubber feet at its bottom.
ART-Human
Motion capture assistance tool
ART-Human is a tool to assist motion-capture projects. The software uses the information of our highly accurate 6 degree-of-freedom (6DOF) optical targets to track a human subject. We use 17 ergonomically designed targets which can be worn directly on normal clothing.
