Ascension Technology
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Ascension Technology was a company that made position and orientation tracking systems.
Its website is ascension-tech.com[1][2]
It was merged into Northern Digital Incorporated (NDI).
Their technology was used in an upgrade program for the AH-1Z helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps.[3]
Products[edit]
- Flock of Birds[4]
- 3D-BIRD[5][4]
- Motion Star[4]
- Wireless Motion Star[4]
- 3D Guidance trakSTAR
- SpacePad
- miniBIRD 500[6]
- miniBIRD 800[6]
- laserBIRD
History[edit]
Ascension was started in the year G1986 by Ernest Blood (also known as Ernie Blood) and Jack Scully, who had been working at Polhemus.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Error: no
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- ↑ "Ascension Applications". https://web.archive.org/web/20040404092543if_/http://www.ascension-tech.com/applications/military.php.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Virtual Reality Platform". https://sed.inrialpes.fr/ARCHIVE/PRV/CATALOG/moca.html.
- ↑ "3D-BIRD Product Brochure". http://www.mindflux.com.au/products/ascension/3dbird.pdf.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://www.mindflux.com.au/products/ascension/minibird-500-800.html
- ↑ Carlson, Wayne E. (2017-06-20). "17.4 Interaction". The Ohio State University. https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/graphicshistory/chapter/1-4-interaction/.