Three-Dimensional Object Position Tracking System

A system comprising:

• a positional reference indicator comprising at least two location beacons coupled to said positional reference indicator in a fixed spaced apart relation, defining a fixed distance;
• a hand-held controller comprising absolute orientation sensors, including a gyroscope, a magnetometer, and an accelerometer, said absolute orientation sensors generating sensor signals which vary based upon movement of said hand-held controller, wherein said sensor signals generated by said absolute orientation sensors comprise linear motion, rotation in space comprising roll ϕ, pitch φ, and yaw ψ, and earth's magnetic fields, said hand-held controller further comprising a radio frequency generator;
• a beacon sensing device comprising a camera housed within said hand-held controller, said beacon sensing device generating reference data when positioned to sense said at least two location beacons;
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• a processor which receives said sensor signals and said reference data, said processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions executable to compute a position and an orientation of said hand-held controller relative to said positional reference indicator, wherein said position and said orientation of said hand-held controller relative to said positional reference indicator comprises a three-dimensional coordinate positional location of said hand-held controller and an absolute orientation of said hand-held controller within two different dimensioned environments comprising a two-dimensional active area and a three-dimensional active volume;
• wherein said magnetometer operably coupled in conjunction with said beacon sensing device to generate said three-dimensional coordinate positional location of said hand-held controller and said absolute orientation of said hand-held controller from a two-dimensional image comprising said at least two location beacons at said fixed distance.