PRESS RELEASE Shooting Star Technology is pleased to introduce the ADL-1, the world's first low cost 6D tracker. The ADL-1 is a turn-key system that measures the position and orientation of any attached object. Included are an adjustable headband, a hand mount bracket, and a wand for digitizing. The lightweight articulated arm tracks the users' motions and is unaffected by nearby metal objects making it possible to digitize metal objects. There are convenient mounting holes and tabs for easy experiment set-up. Data is transmitted over and RS-232C link at any of 4 baud rates (4800, 9600, 19200, 38400) continuously, on demand, or incrementally (output a new point when the reference has moved a certain distance) The position/orientation can be any combination of Cartesian/spherical/cylindrical coordinates, and roll/pitch/yaw angles, direction cosines, or a direction-of-gaze vector cross product. The resolution is approximately 0.025 inch, absolute accuracy is approximatly 0.200 inch, repeatability is < 0.1 inch, all depending on where in the work volume the reference point is. Price $US 1499. Work volume is a half cylinder size: about 2ft radius about 18" high 300 samples/second Shooting Star Technology, 1921 Holdom Avenue, Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5B 3W4 Phone: (604) 298-8574 FAX: (604) 298-8580