Human Movement Tracking Technology

Hand Centered Studies of Human Movement Project

Addendum to Technical Report 94-1

Human movement tracking technology: resources

A list of manufacturers of currently available sensing technologies for tracking human movement 

Prepared by: Axel Mulder, School of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University

July 1994 (last update: 20 June 1995)

Acknowledgement: This work was supported in part by a strategic grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

© 1994 Simon Fraser University. All rights reserved.

4D Video; J.S. Walton; 3136 Pauline Drive; Sebastopol; CA 95472 USA; Phone 707 829 8883; Fax 707 545 4119; Image based motion measurement

5DT (Fifth dimension technologies) USA; 3435 saint mary's road; Lafayette; CA 94549 USA; Phone 1 800 235 6646; Fax 1 510 283 7575; Email 100076.404compuserve.com; dataglove, flexor, head/hand position tracker

5DT (Fifth dimension technologies) UK; P.O. Box 60F; Chessington; Surrey KT9 1YG UK; Phone +44 932 252 600; Fax +44 932 242 909; Email 100076.404compuserve.com dataglove, flexor, head/hand position tracker

5DT (Fifth dimension technologies) ROW; P.O. Box 5; Persequor; 0020 South Africa; Phone +27 12 349 1400; Fax +27 12 349 1404; Email 100076.404compuserve.com dataglove, flexor, head/hand position tracker

Adaptive Optics Associates Inc.; Dean Wormell; 54 Cambridgepark drive; Cambridge; MA 02140-2308 USA; Phone 617 864 0201; Fax 617 864 5855; Email dean@aoa.utc.com; Image based passive marker tracking

AGE (Abrams/Gentile Entertainment); 244 West 54th St. 9th floor; New York; NY 10019 USA; Phone (212) 757-0700; Powerglove-Mac interface

Airmuscle Ltd.; UK; Phone (44) 61 745 7384; Tactile/Force feedback devices 

AITek s.r.l.; Via Pisa 12/1; 16146 Genova; Italia; Consortiumleader of ESPRIT II funded research on a forcefeedback glove

Anaphase unlimited; USA; Phone +1 516 671 2456; Instrumented VR glove

APR Inc.; 11514  77 Ave.; Edmonton, AB; T6G 0M1 Canada; Phone 1 403 438 5810; Fax 1 403 438 5810; Email wilbo@delphi.com;  GAMS ultrasonic position tracking system

Artificial Reality Corp.; Myron Krueger ; P.O.Box 786; Vernon; Connecticut 06066 USA; Phone 203 871 1375; Fax 203 871 7738; VideoPlace: video image based silhouette analysis

Ascension Technology; Jack Scully; P.O. Box 527 Burlington; VT 05402 USA; Phone (802) 860 6440 and (?) 655 7879 ; Fax (802) 860 6439 and (?) 655 5095; Bird, Flock of Birds, Big Bird: 6D trackers 

BioControl Systems Inc.; 2555 Park Avenue; Palo Alto; CA 94306 USA; Phone (415) 329 8494; Fax (415) 329 8498 ; EMG and EOG based tracking

Bioengineering Technology & Systems; M. Farina; Via Capecelatro, 66; I-20148 Milano; Italia; Phone +39 2 4047896; Fax +39 2 6861048; ELITE: electro-optical ovement measurement system

Biomechanics Inc.; Atlanta USA; Electro-optical  movement tracking

Biovision; 2882 Sand Hill Road #116; Menlo Park; CA 94025 USA; Phone 415 233 7900 or 1 800 866 3463; Video image based movement tracking

BodySynth; Chris van Raalte & Ed Severinghaus; 142 20th Avenue #2; San Fransisco; CA 94121 USA; Phone 415 387 1142; Email ed.s@sfnet.com; BodySynth: EMG based movement tracking

CAE Electronics Ltd. ; C.P. 1800 ; Saint Laurent Quebec, ; H4L 4X4 Canada ; Phone (514) 341-6780; Head mounted displays and head trackers

Charnwood Dynamics, Ltd.; D. Mitchelson; 63 Forest Road; Loughborough, Leicester; LE11 3NW England; Phone +44 509 233224; Fax +44 509 236953; CODA-MPX30: electro-optical movement measurement system

CiS Graphics; 1 Stiles Rd.; Suite 305; Salem; NH 03079 USA; Phone (603) 894-5999; Geometry Ball, Geoball: 6D trackers 

Columbus Instruments; J. Czekajewski; 950 North Hague Avenue; Columbus; Ohio 43204 USA; Phone 614 488 6176; Fax 614 276 0529; Videomex / Biovision: video image based motion registration

Digisonic Inc.; P.O. Box 407; Old Greenwich; CT 06870 USA; Phone +1 203 637 4722; Fax +1 203 698 2945; 6 DOF head/body tracking devices

Digital Image Design Inc.; 170 Claremont Ave., Suite 6; New York; NY 10027 USA; Phone (212)222-5236 or 508 970-0330 ; Fax (212) 864-1189; The Cricket: 6D interaction tool, Monkey: animation control

Evans and Sutherland ; 600 Komas Dr. ; PO Box 59700; Salt Lake City; Utah 94158 USA; Phone (801) 582-5847 ; Fax (801) 582-5848; Computer Scenery Generating systems

Exos Inc.; Beth A. Marcus; 2A Gill Street ; Woburn ; MA 01801 USA; Phone (617) 933-0022; Fax (617) 933-0303; Dexterous Hand Master and Grip Master: electro-mechanical hand/arm trackers

Fake Space Labs; 935 Hamilton Avenue; Menlo Park; CA 94025 USA; Phone (415) 688-1940; BOOM: boom-mounted stereo viewer, Molly: teleoperated motion platform 

Gaertner Research; USA; Phone 203 866 3200 ; Electro-optical tracking system

Greenleaf Medical Systems; 2248 Park Blvd.; Palo Alto; CA 94306 USA; Phone 415 321 6135; Fax 415 321 0419; dataglove (originally VPL's dataglove)

Gyration Inc.; 12930 Saratoga Ave. Bldg C; Saratoga; CA 95070 USA; Phone +1 408 255 3016; optical gyroscopes for VR applications

HCS Vision Technology B.V.; J. Herrmann, F. Veraart; Hurksestraat 18 D; 5652 Eindhoven; The Netherlands; Phone +31 40 521637; Fax +31 40 521321; Primas: real-time image based motion measurement system

Hentschel System GmbH; H. Zamzow; Franische Strasse 62; 3000 Hannover 91; Germany; Phone +49 511 494099; Fax +49 511 494581; Hentschel HSG 84.30: electro-optical tracking system

Honeywell; 11601 Roosevelt Blvd; St. Petersburg; FL 33716 USA; Phone 813.579.6604; Fax 813.579.6696; Electro-optical (head)tracking systems

Immersion Probe ; USA; Phone 415 599 5819.; Headtracker

Institute for Perception Research ; Reinder Haakma ; PO Box 513; 5600 MB Eindhoven ; The Netherlands ; Email secr@heiipo5.bitnet ; Phone +31-40 77 38 73 ; Fax +31-40 77 38 76; Force Feedback Trackball 

ISCAN Inc.; 125 Cambridgepark drive; Cambridge; MA 02140 USA; Phone 617 868 5353; Fax 617 868 9231; ISCAN: Pupil/corneal reflection eye tracking system

Kantec Inc. Spectrum; 15 main street; East Rockaway; NY 11518 USA; Phone +1 800 536 3212; ringmouse ultrasonic pointing device

LC Technologies Inc.; 4415 Glenn Rose Street; Fairfax; Virginia 22032 USA; Phone 703 425 7509 / 800 733 5284; Fax 703 323 4782; Eyegaze development system for eye tracking

Log-In srl.; G. Bianchi, S. Farese; Via Aurelia 714; 00165 Roma; Italia; Phone +39 6 6807044; Fax +39 6 6215187; COSTEL: electro-optical motion measurement system

Logitech Inc.; Bob Hiya; 6506 Kaiser Dr. ; Freemont ; CA 94555 USA; Phone (415) 795-8500; Red Baron, ultrasonic 6D mouse 

MaxMay; 4060 St-Laurent, suite #503A; Montreal; Quebec H2W 1Y9 Canada; Phone 1 514 844 7359; Fax 1 514 278 2547; Optical head tracker

Micromeasurements; USA; Eye tracking

MIT Medialab; Tom Zimmerman / Neil Gershenfeld; 20 Ames street; Cambridge; Massachussetts 02139 USA; Phone 617 253 0338; Fax 617 258 6264; Electrostatic field measurement of the hand

Motion Analysis Corp.; J. Spaulding; 3650 N. Laughlin Road; Santa Rosa; CA 95403 USA; Phone 707 579 6500; Fax 707 526 0629; Expertvision: video image based motion measurement

Motion Orchestration Systems; Steven Weber ; 102 Andover Place; Robbinsville; NJ 08691 USA; Phone 201 460 6108; Suit / glove with mutual inductance based electro-gonio meters 

MultiPoint Technology; Rick ; USA; Phone 508 692-0689; Multibutton (mouse) devices

Northern Digital Inc.; J.R. Krist; 403 Albert Street; Waterloo, Ontario ; N2L 3V2 Canada; Phone 519 884 5142; Fax 519 884 5184; Optotrak: electro-optical tracking system

NTT ; Akira Hiraiwa; Human Interface laboratories; Japan

Optikon Corp. Ltd.; 410 Conestogo Road; Waterloo, Ontario; Canada N2L 4E2; Phone 519 885 2159; Fax 519 885 4712; MacReflex image based motion measurement

Optron Inc.; B.L. Adams; 30 Hazel Terrace; Woodbridge; CT 06525 USA; Phone 203 389 5384; Fax 203 389 4661; Optron: electro-optical displacement follower

Origin instruments; Greenview drive; Grand prairie; TX 75050-2438 USA. ; Phone 214 606 8740; Fax 214.606.8741; Head tracker

Oxford Metrics Ltd.; P. Meddings; Unit 8, 7 West way; Botley, Oxford; OX2 0JB England; Phone +44 865 244656; Fax +44 865 240527; VICON: video image based motion measurement system

Peak Performance Technologies Inc.; S. Cheetham; 7388 S. Revere Parkway, Suite 601; Englewood; CO 80112 USA; Phone 303 799 8686; Fax 303 799 8690; Peak-2D Core, Peak-3D module: electro-optical motion measurement system

Penny & Giles Blackwood Ltd.; Blackwood; Gwent; NP2 2YD United Kingdom; Phone +44 495 228000; Fax +44 495 229389; Strain gauge based electro-goniometers

Polhemus Inc.; Tom Jones; P.O. Box 560 ; Hercules Dr. ; Colchester ; VT 05446 USA ; Phone (802) 655-3159; 3SPACE Isotrak, 3SPACE Tracker, 3SPACE Digitizer: 6D trackers

Science Accessories Corp.; 2 research drive; P.O.Box 825; Shelton; CT 06484-0825 USA; Phone 203 925 1661; Fax 203 929 9636; GP12, spacepen ultrasonic position tracking

Selspot AB; Flšjelbergsgatan 14; S-43137 Mšlndal; Sweden; Phone +46 31 878110; Fax +46 31 278992; Selspot II: electro-optical motion measurement system

Shooting Star Technology ; 1921 Holdom Ave.; Bumaby, B.C. ; Canada V5B 3W4 ; Phone (604) 298-8574 ; Fax (604) 298-8580; ADL-1: mechanical headtracker

SimGraphics Engineering; Dave Verso; 1137 Huntington Road Suite A-1 ; South Pasadena; CA 91030-4563 USA; Phone (213) 255-0900; Flying Mouse: 6d input device, VActor face motion tracking 

Spaceball Technologies. Inc. ; 600 Suffolk Street ; Lowell ; MA 01854  USA; Phone (508) 970-0330; Fax (508) 970-0199; Spaceball: 6D stationary input device 

Subjective Technologies; 1106 Second St. Suite 103 ; Encinitas; CA 920024 USA; Phone (619) 942-0928; Various tools for controlling VR environments 

Superfluo Inc.; 2017 Vestal Av. #4; Los Angeles; CA90026 USA; Phone 213 666 2547; ELITE: electro-optical tracking system 

Tau Corp.; D. Hutchison; 485 Alberto Way; Los Gatos; CA 95032 USA; Phone 408 395 9191; Fax 408 395 6055; Eagle/VRS, RTIPS: image sequence analysis

Telepresence Research; Scott Fisher, Brenda Laurel ; 635 High Street ; Palo Alto ; CA 94301 USA ; Phone (415) 325-8951; Fax (415) 325-8952; Design and development of virtual environments 

The Character Shop; Rick Lazzarini; Van Nuys; California; USA; Waldo facial expression tracking, customized human movement tracking systems

Transfinite Systems; P.O. Box N; MIT Branch Post Office ; Cambridge ; MA 02139-0903 USA; Email D2002@AppleLink. Apple.com ; Phone (617) 969-9570; Gold Brick: PowerGlove interface for Macintosh 

United Detector Technology Instrument Group; Orlando; Florida; USA; Op-Eye: electro-optical tracking system

University of Northern Carolina; Department of Computer Science; Chapel Hill; North Carolina; USA; Inside out optical headtracker

Vierte Art GmbH; Ernst-Platz-Strasse 2; 80992 Munich; Germany; Phone +49 89 141 71 51; Fax +49 89 141 32 48

Virtual Presence Ltd.; Denise Haskew; 25 Corsham Street; London; N1 6DR UK; Phone +44 71 253 9699; Fax +44 71 490 8968; TCAS Datawear: instrumented glove/suit

Virtuality Entertainment Systems; Bristol; UK

Virtual Reality News; 32969 Hamilton Ct. Suite 215; Farmington Hills; MI 48334 USA; Phone 313 488 0330; WrighTrac: arm based head tracker

Virtual Research; USA; Phone 408 739-7114; Polhemus FasTrak based interaction tool

Virtex Virtual Technologies ; Jim Kramer ; 2175 Park Blvd. ; Palo Alto ; CA 94306 USA; P.O. Box 5984 ; Stanford ; CA 9430 USA ; Phone (415) 599-2331 / 415 321 4900; Fax 415 321 4912; Email kramer@sunrise.stanford.edu; CyberGlove: glove/hand input device and software 

Vivid Inc.; Vincent John Vincent; 317 Adelaide Street # 302; Toronto; Ontario M5V 1P9 Canada; Phone (416) 340-9290; Mandala image based tracking system

VPL Research Inc.; Adriana Panovich; VPL Research, Inc. ; 3977 E. Bayshore Road; Palo Alto; California 94303 USA ; Phone (415) 988-2550; Fax (415) 988-2557; EyePhone: head-mounted display, DataGlove: glove/hand input device 

W Industries Ltd.; 3 Oswin Road,; Brailsford Industrial Park, ; Leicester, ; England, LE3 IHR.; Phone (44) 0-533-542-127; Fax (44) 0-533-471-855; 6D Trackers, Virtuality SpaceGlove, VirtualReality (TM) especially for entertainment. 

WW Gaertner / GEC-Marconi; USA; Phone 203 866 3200; Helmet tracker

Yaman Ltd. USA; B.R. Fetzer; 2005 Hamilton Avenue; San Jose; CA 95125 USA; Phone 408 559 9100; Fax 408 559 9105; Optfollow: electo-optical motion measurement system