NatNetSDKCrossplatform

This repository contains the NatNet SDK to receive data from an OptiTrack Motion Capture system. The SDK can be found at https://optitrack.com/products/natnet-sdk/.

This code contains two versions:

The direct depacketization method, which is fully open-source. The PacketClient helper was taken from this SDK (version 4.1.0, Windows). The portions of the SDK that have been used and are part of this repository are licensed under Apache License, Version 2.0. The remaining code is licensed under MIT. This uses boost asio for communication.
The official SDK, in its binary distribution.

Layout

include: Official include files from NaturalPoint
samples: Official samples (PacketClient from the Windows version of the SDK) and SampleClient from the Linux version
src: The actual source code of the crossplatform port, based on the depacketization method.

Tested on Ubuntu 20.04

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make

Test the open-source version:

./packetClient <IP-where-motive-is-running>

Test the closed-source version:

./sampleClient

./minimalClient

There are two communication channels:

This assumes the following default settings: