Virtools, a commercial application, has support for VRPN and can be configured to connect with Vicon Tracker as follows.

A full VRDevice.cfg file is included below.

Note

Head@TrackerPC is the way Virtools connects to the VRPN server within Tracker. The format is object_name@PC_Name. This configuration file will look for an object called “Head” on the Tracker server called “TrackerPC.”

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vrpnTracker_0 Head@TrackerPC
neutralPosition_0 0.0 0.0 0.0
neutralQuaternion_0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
axisPermute_0 0 2 1
axisSign_0 1 1 1
trackerScale_0 1
TrackerGroup_0 T0:0:6
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This VRDevice.cfg also contains other directives that:

• Map the Vicon coordinates properly to the Virtools coordinates:

axisPermute_0 0 2 1
axisSign_0 1 1 1

• Add a tracker group with:

TrackerGroup_0 T0:0:6

To complete the process, do the following:

• Add the VRPN settings to a VRPack.cfg file, which is in the same folder as the .cmo. That way it can be tested with Virtools Dev.
• For versions of Tracker before 1.2 in the composition, activate the Use Scale option and change the value of

trackerScale_0

in your VRDevice.cfg file to 0.001 (converts Vicon mm to Virtools m).

For a full description of any of these configuration options, please refer to the Virtools documentation.