The Tracker Video Analysis and Modeling Tool allows students to model and analyze the motion of objects in videos. Objects can be tracked manually with the mouse or automatically with the built-in autotracker. Simple dynamical models can be built and overlaid directly onto videos, enabling students to see directly how well the model matches the real world. Interference patterns and spectra can also be analyzed with Tracker.
Tracker installers are available for Windows, Mac and Linux, and include a Java runtime and Xuggle video engine.
Tracker is an Open Source Physics tool built on the OSP code library. Additional Tracker resources, demonstration experiments, and videos, can be found by searching ComPADRE for "Tracker."
Additional resources including Tracker help and sample videos are available from the Tracker home page (link below).
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7365">Brown, D, R. Hanson, and W. Christian. "Tracker Video Analysis and Modeling Tool." Version 6.3.0.</a>
D. Brown, R. Hanson, and W. Christian, Computer Program TRACKER VIDEO ANALYSIS AND MODELING TOOL, Version 6.3.0 (2025), WWW Document, (https://physlets.org/tracker/).
D. Brown, R. Hanson, and W. Christian, Computer Program TRACKER VIDEO ANALYSIS AND MODELING TOOL, Version 6.3.0 (2025), <https://physlets.org/tracker/>.
Brown, D., Hanson, R., & Christian, W. (2025). Tracker Video Analysis and Modeling Tool (Version 6.3.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved April 18, 2025, from https://physlets.org/tracker/
Brown, D, R. Hanson, and W. Christian. "Tracker Video Analysis and Modeling Tool." Version 6.3.0. https://physlets.org/tracker/ (accessed 18 April 2025).
Brown, Douglas, Robert Hanson, and Wolfgang Christian. Tracker Video Analysis and Modeling Tool. Vers. 6.3.0. Computer software. 2025. 18 Apr. 2025 <https://physlets.org/tracker/>.
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Author = "Douglas Brown and Robert Hanson and Wolfgang Christian",
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