Abstract: A trackable camera beacon is provided that is mountable onto a camera, so that the camera can be more easily tracked and automatically controlled. The camera beacon obtains lens data from the lens of a camera, position data corresponding to the camera beacon, and outputs a unified and synchronized data packet. The unified and synchronized output includes position, orientation and lens data. This can be used to also control the camera, such as the focus, iris and zoom parameters of the lens.

Abstract: A trackable camera beacon is provided that is mountable onto a camera, so that the camera can be more easily tracked and automatically controlled. The camera beacon obtains lens data from the lens of a camera, position data corresponding to the camera beacon, and outputs a unified and synchronized data packet. The unified and synchronized output includes position, orientation and lens data. This can be used to also control the camera, such as the focus, iris and zoom parameters of the lens.

Abstract: A tile for use in a modular interactive media system includes a microprocessor, a sensor, a data communications subsystem in operative communication with the microprocessor and the sensor, and a casing. The casing has at least two faces, at least one face defining a user contact surface, and sides between the faces, at least one side cooperating with at least one side of a second tile and having an interconnecting portion with a first pair of alignment and data connection structures and a second pair of alignment and data connection structures complementary to the first pair. The first structures include a projection extending from the one casing side and a complementary recess. A first data connector is disposed in the projection and a second data connector is disposed in the recess. The second structures are rotated relative to the first structures.