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J. AfsharHands-On Augmented Reality Development with Meta Spark Studiohttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9467-3_7

7. Creating a Target Tracking Effect

Jaleh Afshar1  
(1)
Menlo Park, CA, USA
 

Now that we have some experience with developing an effect, let’s extend our skills to bring an additional dimension into images found in the real world.

What Is Target Tracking

Target tracking is the ability for an effect to detect and recognize (a.k.a. “track”) a 2D image (the “target”) that the camera is seeing in the real world (Figure 7-1).

2 sets of photographs present ...

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