Thanks keither5150 for the info! Will be keeping a very intrigued set of eyes on this development. Is there a limit on beta participants?
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I hope we can still expect a fair and impartial review out of ya
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LOL, I will have videos with plenty of shots for people to dissect every little detail. I am planning to record videos with putting, chipping, pitches, short and long irons, along with drives. Martin likes to have his data in the control panel act as proof of the sim's accuracy. For instance, in the current control panel, you can see his markers that pick up the club face or ball. I am hoping to cover all the bases with these videos. I will also have side by side videos with a GC2. I have done 2 or 3 putting videos in the past ( when I wasn't on the payroll). I will try to keep my feelings out of the videos better than I did back then. Proof of accuracy is what people want. I will be measuring ball marks on the screen to confirm LA and HA. Speed and spin will be confirmed with the side by side from the GC2. The only thing that Vistrak will do better than the GC2 will be HA. And the difference will be small. Hopefully Vistrak does all other things equally as well as the GC2. And you know what, maybe the spin is only 90% as accurate as the GC2.... if so, the videos will show it. What I am really interested in, is the LA measured from a single overhead camera. That will be one of my first tests.... cause I just gotta know. I will be keeping one of my cameras as a vcam anyway. But this could mean a lot to people on a budget. You can be assured that I will not be high 5 ing myself without the video to back it up. -
sounds great! even if a VLA camera is needed it would still be a heck of a deal if the data is accurate. Next week will be a busy week for you for sure
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Well, looks like I'll be in no rush to pick up a beta unit...
Estimated VisTrak release dates
VisTrak release 1 July 1 2019
Basic video swing playback for use with other tracking systems like - SkyTrak, OptiShot, GC2, GCQuad, GC Hawk, Trackman etc...
VisTrak release 2 July 15 2019
as above plus ball speed and ball path detection plus estimated ball launch angle, club data and ball spin data
for use as a basic golf simulator tracking system with TGC, E6, RedChain etc game software.
VisTrak release 3 August 1 2019
as above plus vertical launch detection
VisTrak release 4 September 1 2019
as above plus club tracking
VisTrak release 5 November 1 2019
as above plus ball spin detection.
Note that all VisTrak software updates are free of charge.
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I will have to clarify what this means. It looks like the updates will trickle out. As far as I know, he has written all of the software for the above features. I will ask Martin to clarify this. I know that the coding for spin detection has been done and tested up to 10000 rpm. I will let you know once I hear back from Martin.
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Hey Keith,
My basement ceilings are 13 feet.. would this be too high for the unit? Will I have to lower it a few feet to get more accuracy?Comment
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Also jealous!!! I have 8’ ceilings and cut out joists so I could swing driver. When my lefty buddies come over they are stuck with choked down mid irons. Haha
You sir are a lucky man with a good problem to have! Worst case scenario is you buy a mount to lower it to 10’ but I’m sure Keith and Martin will get you an answer. Martin did tell me 7’-10’ would work just fine. My next house will have at least 10’ ceilings in a room as a non negotiable! -
Closer won't be a problem. Martin did his testing at 9 feet, I believe. I will be at about 8.6 since I will be mounting mine on a slider to test different distances away from the tee. With the updated lenses, The hitting area is about 12x30 inches. This would be increase as you are further away. My hitting area will be about 11x28 or so. Nice size to have a putting area ahead of the tee.
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Those dates above are absolute worst case scenario. Martin is pretty fast with the coding.Comment
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Can't make any promises. What works in the lab may not work the same in the feild. Between the 3 of us hopefully we can work out any bugs quickly. We are going to try our best to make this work with one camera. Most hard core users will want the added accuracy of the vcam. I will do thorough testing of LA accuracy, with and without the vcam.Comment
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Hopefully it's out for delivery or even better, delivered.Comment
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Tick tock tick tock...................Comment
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Delivered and installed. Took a little time to line it up. The hitting area is quite large. Give me some time to try different lighting and camera settings to see how I can get the best image possible. I will report more tomorrow. The video playback works pretty good. I didn't realize how many shots I hit slightly off the toe. So much needs to be done. Right now we are testing different lighting and camera settings to see how we can get the best image possible. We are also testing the ball detection and swing detection. So far it works quite well. Vistrak will have a new automatic calibration for speed adjustment. This is great because the old calibration of the stereo systems took 10-15 min. We are hoping that this feature goes live this week. I will be testing today's updates tomorrow. My kid is in bed and it's not safe to hit anymore tonight. I have a round IRL tomorrow but should be hitting on the sim by mid afternoon. So far so good.Comment
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Just did some reading says you can use with other L.M. I have a Flightscope Xi+. Will this give me an option to putt and small chips if I use it with my flightscope. I am currently using E6 Connect and was thinking of upgrading to X3 but at this price point Vistrak is more in my budget.Comment
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It looks like there will be a couple of different versions of Vistrak. One version will give other sim owners, like yourself, club data. When using this Vistrak with another system, vistrak supplies club data only on a separate screen or computer. I know what you are thinking. Many other people are thinking the same thing. Having 2 sims send data to the game on the same shot. At this time GSA has no plans to do this. Vistrak is currently Alpha testing. It will take some time before we even go to Beta testing. One thing that I can tell you is that GSA is great for putting and chipping. I have a few videos on YouTube under Keither5150. These show the old PX5 in action. Vistrak should be every bit as accurate as the PX5 with the short game. The full featured Vistrak will add ball data to the mix. All versions of Vistrak will have video playback of the swing showing contact with the ball.
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Will we be able to order this unit from Europe? Very interested in this!Comment
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I will also be watching this with a keen eye. Hopefully we don't get shafted on the price like we did with Uneekor.Originally posted by MisterA View PostComment
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That was probably a badly worded post. Wasn't specifically aimed at Uneekor but more how we get inflated prices for everything. Was excited when I saw this, base price was $6000, so about £4800. Looking at the european distribution price list I reckon I would be looking at the best part of £10000 when tax and delivery is added for the base system, so about $12,600. At that price it ain't ever going to happen for me, we normally get the dollar equivalent price so I was hoping it would come in around £6000.
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Anxiously waiting for videos/updates!Comment
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Here is a Vistrak putting video and a chip. Please note that some of the data is not being mapped at this time. I have been testing the triggering system, ball detection and the video playback. The ball looks good to me. More to come. I am waiting for the automated speed calibration.... Also club data may not make sense as I choose to tape the top of my clubs. So an offset will have to be taken into account before they will show accurate. Pretty cool so far. Once Martin moves us on to the next items to test, there will be more videos.
https://youtu.be/31RiRxZPKAk
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