Record time other ppl spent looking at an object of mine

Hello,

I am new to LSL and I need a hint on how to get this done:

I want to record in any kind of way how much time people spent looking at a specific object I've created.

I found a thread which deals with the problem of how many people TOUCHED an object, but did not succeed in finding a solution on how to record the time people spent looking at an object.

I think this should be pretty simple but I don't know where to start?

Or is there maybe an existing solution for that problem?!

Thanks!

Luxurade

It might be helpful if you give some examples of what you mean by looking-at.

For example, if the object is just somehere in their view? Could it be 50 meters away and pretty must just a speck in the viewer?

If this would be for something like an art exhibit or an advertisement, perhaps just counting the time people are within 3 feet of it would be enough?

Absolutely!

For example if I am a painter and I have a gallery with 10 paintings in it, I want to find out which is the "best" or "top viewed" painting by recording the time people spent looking at it.

I think 3-5 meters should be absolutely okay (if that is important).

Thank you for your help!

Luxurade

It wouldn't be too accurate. I know myself and many, many others that walk into a place then start using the camera to look around the place.

Yeah it's not very accurate or reliable, but the approach really first depends on the actual application.

For example, if again you just want to know if people are within 3 meters of something, use the llVolumeDetect function to build a sensitive area around each object, that counts when it is triggured.

If you are trying to rate paintings, maybe be more obvious and have a RATE PAINTING button near each one, that people who choose can give a 1-10 rating on.

Etc.

Its not a painting, it's an object I've bought and modified and I simply want to measure how many and how often/long people look at it

I realize that it cannot be as accurate as I wished at the beginning but I think there must be a way to collect that information?

So at first I would have to build a "sensor area" and then measure the time, right?

But of course - what about people just walking by? Hmmmm

I thought that would be easier...

Cheers,

Luxurade

Easier than that?
You can filter out people walking by by careful placing of the sensor and setting a minimum time before you count them as looking. What you want is basically a standard vistor logger script.

That sounds pretty easy I have to admit

Problem is, that I have no experience with LSL - for example how to use llVolumeDetect. But I hope Google and the search function will guide me a way

even better
lslwiki.net

Here's a link to a very basic visitor logger using volume detect
Adding a way to count the time they have been there wouldnt be that difficult.