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Theia Apollo - v2024
Theia Apollo - v2024
  • Theia3D Documentation
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    • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Getting Started
      • System Requirements
      • Installation
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      • Startup Window
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    • Data Collection
      • Data Collection Principles
      • Recording Intrinsic Lens Calibrations
      • Recording Extrinsic Chessboard Calibrations
      • Recording Extrinsic Object Calibrations
    • Theia3D Interface
    • Theia3D Dropdown Menus
      • File Menu
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      • Calibration Menu
        • Check Calibration
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        • Chessboard Calibration
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        • Adjust Calibration
      • Tools Menu
        • Check Synchronization
        • Organize Videos
        • Format Sony Multicam
        • Assign Calibration Files
        • Modify People IDs
        • Toggle Views
        • Display Video Metadata
        • Enhance Videos
      • Settings Menu
        • Settings Menu
        • Analysis Preferences
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        • Setup Preferences
      • Help Menu
    • Theia Model Description
      • Default Model Description
      • Full Body Model Description
      • Separate Arm and Head Model Description
    • Data Formats
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      • File Menu
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      • Settings
      • Trials
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    • Camera System Requirements
    • Sony Camera Package
      • Components
      • System Setup
      • Collecting Data with the System
  • Troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting Documentation
    • Error Messages
      • Input directory has no mp4 or avi files.
      • Videos not formatted properly
      • Only [#] videos found.
      • Videos not the same length.
      • Unsupported video codec detected
      • Unable to load calibration.
      • Required camera parameter groups not present
      • Qualisys calibration has inconsistent FOV
      • Data not loaded
      • Camera extrinsics optimization step 3 failed
      • Unable to construct a continuous volume from overlapping chessboard frames
      • Track people not complete
      • Abnormally high tracking errors
      • Invalid video
    • Visible Issues
      • Coordinate system is out of place in one camera view
      • Coordinate system is in different positions and/or orientations in all camera viewse
      • Coordinate system is in an incorrect but consistent position and/or orientation in all views
      • Skeleton is consistently outside the body
      • Skeleton is momentarily incorrect
      • Skeleton is incomplete
      • Skeleton is completely missing
      • Skeleton is jittery
    • Sony Troubleshooting
      • Initialization issues
      • Unstable Connection
    • Other Issues
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  2. Sony Camera Package

Collecting Data with the System

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Collecting Data with the System

The following video provides step-by-step instructions for setting up and using your cameras to collect data for use with Theia3D. This includes changing camera settings, synchronizing the cameras, recording data, and downloading videos from the cameras through the web interface. This tutorial demonstrates the basic functionality and recommended settings of the Sony camera control interface. Refer to the Sony documentation for information about other settings and more advanced functionality.

NOTE: This video recommends setting the Shoot Mode to (Movie) Program Auto, however we no longer recommend this option. To achieve crisp images without movement blur, we recommend setting the Shoot Mode to (Movie) Manual Exposure, which allows you to select a specific Shutter Speed. Using a shorter Shutter Speed such as 1/500 or 1/1000 will provide crisper images with limited movement blur, but may result in dark images. If your videos appear dark, adjust the ISO setting to increase the brightness of the image. If you are using ISO AUTO, you may need to increase the maximum ISO threshold to allow a sufficiently high ISO to be used.

Using the digital zoom is not recommended, as the default Sony RX0 II intrinsic parameters built into Theia3D will no longer apply, and you will be required to obtain new intrinsic parameters for your cameras.