by kklee on March 22nd, 2010
There’s two days before the 2010 design project symposium and we’ve almost completed our finishing touches on Twirl. I have to admit I’m a little psyched. Here’s a little history and what we’ve got on the way.
Back in 2009 we completed the core project — 3D tracking of an infra-red (IR) device and our 3D drawing application, CanvasSpace. The 3D tracking was done with system of IR sensors using Wii remotes, a wand which we’ve made to emit IR light, and some software to tie it all together.
For the 2010 symposium, we’re adding this website, head mount tracking, a giant upgrade in software, and a brand new zigbee wand with buttons! Tomorrow, we’ll be doing a full system run soon to see what things we’ve missed, but more importantly, to have a blast playing with our creations. I’m particularly interested in the new head tracking and drawing.
Gah! I can’t wait!
Tags: CanvasSpace, head tracking, symposium, wiimotes
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by jwong on March 17th, 2010
Sev finished the prototype circuit board for our new wand and sent it out today. Hopefully we can get it back sometime by Friday to put everything together. With one week to go things are finally coming together!
Tags: Hardware, pcb, wand
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by jwong on March 10th, 2010
Finally, our parts for our 2nd prototype wand have arrived! Our order was sitting around for a few weeks so after a friendly call with the vendor it came in one day. With these new parts we hope to be able to implement controls in the wand rather than having to use a computer to control them. Keep your fingers crossed!
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by jwong on March 8th, 2010
So the Fourth Year Design Symposium is coming on March. 24th and there is still LOTS to do
Things we have remaining:
- Presentation and poster
- Hardware circuits and casing for 2nd wand
- Fixing up some applications to demo
Everything was put on hold due to midterms, but now that those are over it’s time to go full steam ahead! Hopefully we can get some images/videos up to show you, as well as make the site a bit more complete…..hopefully!
Tags: Hardware, Software, symposium, update
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