{"id":543735,"date":"2017-10-04T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=6d24e2e644a01caa94eb6c4ad9b675a5"},"modified":"2017-10-04T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T23:00:00","slug":"multiple-object-three-dimensional-motion-tracking-using-the-xbox-kinect-sensor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=543735","title":{"rendered":"Multiple object, three-dimensional motion tracking using the Xbox Kinect sensor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we discuss the capability of the Xbox Kinect sensor to acquire three-dimensional<br \/>\nmotion data of multiple objects. Two experiments regarding fundamental features of Newtonian<br \/>\nmechanics are performed to test the tracking abilities of our setup. Particular attention is paid to<br \/>\ncheck and visualise the conservation of linear momentum, angular momentum and energy. In both<br \/>\nexperiments, two objects are tracked while falling in the gravitational field. The obtained data is<br \/>\nvisualised in a 3D virtual environment to help students understand the physics behind the performed<br \/>\nexperiments. The proposed experiments were analysed with a group of university students who are<br \/>\naspirant physics and mathematics teachers. Their comments are presented in this paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article we discuss the capability of the Xbox Kinect sensor to acquire three-dimensional<br \/>\nmotion data of multiple objects. Two experiments regarding fundamental features of Newtonian<br \/>\nmechanics are performed to test the tracking abilities of ou&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-543735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=543735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=543735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=543735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=543735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}