From 2f7ebf7af36e324d8f1d8036800d34eeb2d9f46f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: CNLohr Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:03:50 -0400 Subject: Add a nomenclature section to the readme. --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3b26c5f..dc568f6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ Please see the issues for what help needs to be done now! HackADay article and video with Dr. Yates on how they made the Vive a thing. http://hackaday.com/2016/12/21/alan-yates-why-valves-lighthouse-cant-work/ + +## Nomenclature + +WRT = With Respect To +PoV / POV = Point of View (typically WRT to a LH, sometimes (though rarely) a sensor) +LH = Lighthouse = Base Station = A device that produces a 1.8 MHz modulated sync pulse in IR and then sweeps the scene with laser planes. +Sync Pulse = A pulse of modulated IR data sent from a ligthhouse, typically by the floodlight aspect of a lighthouse. +Sweep Pulse = The evenlope created by a laser sweeping over a light sensor. +OOTX = Omnidirectional Optical Transmitter = Data encoded in the sync pulses of the LHs. +HMD = Headset = Main sensor receiver with a visual display for a human. +WM = Watchman = Controller = The HTC Vive controller. +TR = Tracker = Official HTC Tracker. +LightcapElement = A single pulse of light, including a timestamp, source sensor and length of pulse. +Disambiguator = System that accepts lightcap elements and pulls out OOTX data and relative sweep times of sweep pulses. +Poser = Device to convert series of angles from a LH's PoV + ## Getting things working There are two things you should consider doing to your system before running libsurvive. -- cgit v1.2.3