Settings Panel

this section describes the various settings available to the user from the “settings” panel of the dashboard the settings panel is accessed from the panel selection area the settings panel contains the following settings calibration lens encoder management tracker delay to main camera ​​​​​​​stage size detect new points tracking smoothing pointcloud density each of the panels are described below calibration the calibration section features a dropdown menu that allows the user to select from any of the calibrated equipment that is part of the current project equipment is sorted via cameras, with all attached lenses listed underneath the camera they were calibrated to simply select the relevant calibration from the drop down menu for good quality tracking, it is vital that the correct calibration is selected at all times if the calibration does not match the currently used camera and lens then errors in both recorded data and live streamed data will present lens encoder management this will display the lens encoder management page where detailed information about the current focus, iris and zoom data will be shown this page is also where “ lens homing lens homing ” is conducted, this is a required step when working with the cincraft scenario external encoders homing is described in more detail in the “lens homing” section tracker delay the temporal offset between the tracking and main camera signal is managed here, please see the " delay delay " chapter for more information on how to set this value correctly stage size the stage is the visual representation of the floor or “ground plane” that is shown in the dashboard views the “stage size” slider allows the user to adjust the size of the stage, this can be helpful to make the stage more or less visible depending on the requirements of the user detect new points this option toggles on and off the ability for the system to learn and add new tracking points to the pointcloud when in a reflective marker tracking configuration, after markers have been learnt then this should be off when in a natural tracking configuration, then this should be on this parameter is automatically managed as part of the creation of a tracking configuration and only should only be manually controlled by expert users in specific situations tracking smoothing the tracking smoothing parameter is used to control amount of smoothing that is applied to the tracking data applying smoothing can reduce high frequency noise that can be visible in the tracking in certain situations to adjust tracking smoothing, simply select between the available values on the adjustment slider it is recommended to always use some smoothing high smoothing values can cause some artefacts in the tracking data, therefore high smoothing values (50ms) are not recommended unless necessary point cloud density the point cloud density parameter defines how many tracking points are generated by the system changes to this value are only applied when learning new points, this means that changes to this value are not retroactively applied to the point cloud two options are offered low for environments where excessive tracking features are detected normal – suitable for most environments high – preferred when operating in environments with less natural tracking features this value can help in areas with fewer features but cannot create features where there simply aren’t any