by kklee on April 28th, 2010
At our University of Waterloo Fourth Year Design Project Symposium, we were having trouble with the IR light coming from the sun and a weird jitter that appeared out of no where.
Well we’ve fixed the cause of the jitter and implemented a Bad Light Detection algorithm for that pesky sun.
This means the head mount and 3D glasses should be safe to use for FULL 3D immersion! Not fully tested yet, but it should theoretically work. Oh and drawing will be a lot more stable now. Try writing your name in 3D!
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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 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!
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