Finger controlled Follow Spot

nice project!

But if i would not know the technical background i would say it's a bad followspot operator. Maybe use more ease-in or -out movements . Or a Kalman filter .

Filtering, that was also the first thing popping to my mind.

You're right, there is some improvements that can be made to the system. Firstly, some filtering could be a good idea, but the problem is not to loose responsiveness. Do you know some object or external in Max6 doing this ? Secondly, some training of the operator is necessary to better control the system : each people in the example video has used the system less than one hour. It takes a longer time to become a good traditional follow spot operator... Finally, the position of the moving head is a quite important factor in the final rendering. I think it should be on the front of house bar to match better operator's movements.

I'm wondering if a touchpad or drawing tablet isn't much better suited for this kinda thing. In those cases the user has a physical support which greatly helps stability and precision.