reacTIVision Changelog

What's new in reacTIVision 1.5.1

May 24, 2016
  • Revert FrameEqualizer to equalization rather than subtraction.
  • Fixed the calibration distortion for wide camera formats.
  • Correctly save updated camera configuration on exit.
  • Implemented camera format enumeration on Windows.
  • Implemented CONTRAST camera configuration on Windows.
  • Improved SDL event handling and adaptive VSync (for higher fps).
  • Updated the SDL2 Framework to 2.0.4.
  • 32bit version for older systems and CPUs.
  • Add Windows 64bit build (min. Windows 7).
  • 32bit version for older systems and CPUs.

New in reacTIVision 1.5 (May 24, 2016)

  • New videoInput camera driver for Windows (including controls).
  • Improved Video4Linux2 camera driver for Linux (including controls).
  • List all available cameras and formats (via -l startup argument).
  • Support MJPEG decompression for higher USB camera frame rates.
  • Support IIDC-over-USB cameras through libdc1394.
  • Added frame cropping configuration (xoffset, yoffset, xwidth, yheight).
  • Multithreaded thresholder for reduced latency on multicore CPUs.
  • Allow the adjustment of the threshold tile size.
  • Updated FrameEqualizer for faster background subtraction.
  • Sending correct TUIO 1.1 source messages.
  • Added a quicker and less tedious calibration mode.
  • Migrated the user interface to SDL 2.0 (less CPU overhead).
  • Added full screen toggle (via F1 key).
  • Added a headless mode (via -n startup argument).
  • Improved Linux desktop integration.
  • Updated oscpack, tinyxml, portmidi and dc1394 libraries.
  • Updated XCode and Visual Studio 2012 projects.
  • Added a project for the Codeblocks IDE on Linux.
  • Removed the dtouch fiducial tracker.
  • Removed the now outdated VdigGrab, DSVideolib and Video4Linux drivers.
  • New application icon.

New in reacTIVision 1.4 (May 22, 2009)

  • disable initial camera dialogs on Mac and Windows
  • enable camera configuration on Mac during runtime
  • allow image size configuration via camera.xml on Mac and Windows
  • new rendering for the alternative small fiducial set

New in reacTIVision 1.4 RC1 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • increased standard set of 108x2 fiducials
  • additional small set of 12*2 fiducials
  • improved fiducial rendering (smaller footprint & better proportions)
  • finger blob tracking, with on screen setup (F key)
  • improved and more robust fiducial tracking (with secondary blob tracking)
  • improved calibration precision
  • improved firewire camera support and configuration on Mac and Linux
  • improved V4L2 camera support on Linux
  • on-screen and XML configuration instead of command line options
  • added MIDI channel selection for note ON events
  • many minor bug fixes and improvements

New in reacTIVision 1.2c (Aug 4, 2006)

  • fixed a crash when no camera was found
  • updated the SDL library to version 1.2.11
  • updated Win32 build to Visual Studio 2005
  • made verbose output machine readable