TrackStudio: An integrated toolkit for markerless tracking

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Authors: Hristo A. Dimitrov, Viktorija Pavalkyte, Giulia Dominijanni, Tamar R. Makin
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Abstract

Markerless motion tracking has advanced rapidly in the past 10 years and currently offers powerful opportunities for behavioural, clinical, and biomechanical research. While several specialised toolkits provide high performance for specific tasks, using existing tools still requires substantial technical expertise. There remains a gap in accessible, integrated solutions that deliver sufficient tracking for non-experts across diverse settings. TrackStudio was developed to address this gap by combining established open-source tools into a single, modular, GUI-based pipeline that works out of the box. It provides video recording preprocessing, recording synchronisation, automatic 2D and 3D pose estimation, and visualisation without requiring any programming skills. We supply a user guide with practical advice for video acquisition, camera calibration, video synchronisation, and experimental setup, alongside documentation of common pitfalls and how to avoid them. To validate the toolkit, we tested its performance across three environments using either low-cost webcams or high-resolution cameras, including challenging conditions for body position, lighting, space, and obstructions. Across 76 participants, average inter-frame correlations exceeded 0.98 and average triangulation errors remained low (

Fields of Study & Subjects

Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders Interactive and Immersive Displays

Publication details

Journal / source
PLoS ONE
Volume
21
Issue
9
Pages
e0358647–e0358647
Publication date
23 September 2026
Language
EN