[PD] infrared camera

[Marius Schebella]

professional IR cameras start at USD 8000. (hi quality infrared chips 
are still very expensive). I don´t think this will work with any low 
budget product, although I did not try, and would be happy if someone 
found a solution for that...
marius.

yukio schrieb:
> Hi, Do anybody have tried infrared cameras with pd/gem?
> i made an installation for public spaces. using a web cam i tracked the
> positions of people in a space(with pix_multiblob) then i send the
> resulting coordinates to a processing program that create a graphic
> representation of the people in a alife system, allowing people interact
> with the creatures. In the first version of the installation i projected
> the processing interface to a wall so people can see theirself in the
> projection and can modify their positions in the real space to control
> their visual representation.
> 
> What i want to do now is to project the processing interface to the
> floor, so people can interact with the creatures in more direct way. The
> problem with this is that it generates a feedback , because if i project
> the interface in the same space that is being tracked , the system is
> gonna track the projected images (retroalimentation) and it doesnt work
> fine.
> A friend of mine recommended to use infrared cameras , because they just
> track the humans bodys and not the projections.
> do anybody have tried infrared cameras with pd/gem?
> 
> which one do u recommend me? any hint?
> 
> 
> many thanx for  the answers
> 
> yuk