Hello Scubadiver.

All things being equal ( webcam, lighting etc) , most users so far have reported significant improvements in tracking quality , so yours seems to be a special case. Maybe there was a problem with the updater, or is it possible that you have performed changes to your lighting setup or system since last time you have used it?

We recommend using the default branch, and deleting the old config files (like mentioned in the official announcement). Also tweaking the smoothing sliders ( on both regular expressions and retargeting) should help with jittering.

I think its the problem with the avatars that aren't adjusted to the new SDK yet, i have a similar problem with those the eyebrows jump around like mad but its ok with the ones that have been adjusted to the new SDK.

Also the new SDK seems to be a bit more touchy with webcam grain, kinda have that with my PS3 Eye since this cam can get quite grainy when the light is darker.

I've attempted to test this new system as well, but it's failing. I am using a PS3 eye as well, perhaps it's time for me to toss it.

Can you send us a few face-cam feeds , if we see them we can tell you what the problem is most likely . We have tested the new tracker on the Ps3 cam and it does work.

If you have a very noisy input feed, and what you are troubled by is the jittering caused by image noise, simply bump up the appropriate smoothing sliders. You will trade off a bit of responsiveness, but the jittering will be gone.

If you have trouble with the tracker finding the face at all, then something is definitely wrong with the lighting setup (most public reactions that we got so far were that the new tracker acquires the face faster, and sticks with it better than the old tracker ) . In this case we really need to see an input video from you , to be able to figure it out :).

You can send the video to info[at]facerig[dot]com (by uploading it to google drive, onedrive, dropbox or a site of your choice) or post it here and delete the post (mods will still be able to see the post, but the general public won't, so your privacy will be protected)

It does seem like image noise (likely a result of the PS3 camera just being pretty poor at handling gain especially at higher resolutions and higher framerates) is the culprit here. While increasing smoothness did help, I think it's in part me being picky, the fact that the Fluffo Avatar has a bit of animation in him already, and that the PS3 camera needs replacing. :P

The suggestion to turn up smoothness has helped, as well as turning down camera framerate.