Pre-sale question, which cam ?

julienbayle

Hi there,

We are about to setup another art installation using depthai kit 😀

Usually, we use the silhouette tracking for triggering and altering other data (visuals, sound)

So usually, the computer is quite near from the video projector (HDMI cable length wise) and we need the cam to track an area near from the screen where the projection occurs... So quite "far" from the computer.

What would you suggest ? Ideally wifi would be perfect. But we'd need a quite accurate stream of the data required for doing the tracking on the computer.
Is the wifi version (which cam?) stable ?

Any idea ?
PoE wouldn't fit as it would require specific PoE switches and wires.

Best regards,
Julien Bayle

erik

Hello julienbayle ,
sorry about the delay! I would suggest using either OAK-D-IOT-75, if you need spatial/depth information. It has ESP32 on-board which has IOT WIFI/Bluetooth connectivity, so you can stream coordiantes via WIFI from the ESP32.
If you don't need spatial/depth information, OAK-1 + RPi Zero W (for streaming coordinates via WIFI) would be a good alternative.
Also note that wifi version (library) isn't as stable as the USB/POE connectivity, so you might stumble on some bug (unlikely, but possible). So alternative to OAK-D-IOT-75 would be OAK-D + RPI Zero W.
Thanks, Erik