Setting the VRPN Configuration

Server Address

In the Server address box, type or edit your The server address corresponds to the address of the computer used for the tracking server.

Note: The server address can be a name or an IP address.

VRPN to VRLab Transformation Matrix

This matrix links the coordinate systems of the tracking system and of Virtual Reality Lab.

You must change the default values of the matrix only if the tracking system uses a coordinate system different from Virtual Reality Lab'scoordinate system.

Note: The values in the matrix are in millimeters.

Avatar

In the Avatar group box, you can type or edit the Tracker Label is your peripheral's name used by your VRPN server.

Note: The Tracker Label is your peripheral's name used by your VRPN server.

Pointing Device

You can select the Pointing device check box.

In the Pointer group box, type or edit the Tracker Label.

Note: The Tracker Label is the pointing device's name used by your VRPN server.

With a Pointing device, the person in the cave can use a tracked object as a laser pointer. Using the position and the direction of the pointing device, the tracking system enables you to display a red spot in the 3D rendering, where the tracked device points at.

Note: The red spot is displayed in all the cluster's view as well as on the collaborative views. For more information about the different system display views, you can view Parameters of a SystemDisplay.