The Flock of Birds® is a 6 degree of freedom (6DOF) tracker used for tracking 1-4 sensors simultaneously.

Each Flock receiver makes up to 144 position and orientation measurements per second. Track the motion of just your head or all the key joints of your body without degradation in update rate or an increase in lag. Whichever way you turn, every motion is captured.

You need not worry about losing data due to blocking problems. The Flock's pulsed DC magnetic fields permeate all non-metallic objects. Even in the presence of metallic structures, the Flock makes its measurements with only a fraction of the distortion errors experienced by AC electromagnetic tracking devices. That's why the Flock is used in harsh environments - ranging from tank and flight simulator to gait labs and movie sound stages.

For sit-down applications in medicine, virtual reality, and simulation, use the economical standard range transmitter to track motions over a four-foot radius. For animation, biomechanics, and walk-around applications, move up to the extended range transmitter (ERT). It increases range to a 10-foot radius and is the choice of animators worldwide for proven long-range performance. Linked together, dual ERTs provide enough coverage to fill a large room.

The Flock employs a separate microprocessor for each of its sensors and a Fast Bird Bus (FBB) to minimize communication time. The result is fast delivery of sensed motions with low levels of lag no matter how many points are being tracked. You never suffer from reduced measurement rates when adding additional sensors.

Flock trackers work with all major computer platforms. Powerful software interfaces are readily available for simulation, virtual reality, biomechanics and medical applications.

The Flock is available in many flexible configurations. Long-range coverage is easily added by 'clicking in' the Extended Range Transmitter (ERT). For quick and easy interface, simply plug in the RS-232 cable to your host computer.

  3Dconnexion
  Ascension
  InterSense
  Polhemus
  StereoGraphics

Manuals must be viewed with a PDF-viewer. If you do not have a PDF-viewer, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader from Adobe's site at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

 Flock of Birds® user manual and installation guideFOBManual.pdf (326 KB)
 Flock of Birds® Technical SpecificationsFOBTechnicalSpec.pdf (29 KB)

Here you will find software for the Flock of Birds™. Windows users will need a program that can open ZIP files, such as WinZip, from www.winzip.com. For Linux, use the "unzip" command.

 Flock of Birds® software: FOBSoftware.zip (820 KB)

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