pComp - short circuit

Final project notes:

Baby steps/Phases

1. enclosure
2. hollogram
3. hand detection
4. videos of creature (or maybe animation)
5. max/msp/jitter

Failures

0. plate glass
1. projection
2. mirrors (spherical/regular flat)
3. IR sensors in the 10 - 80 cm range

Status

1. New setup using a PC monitor
2. 45 degree angled plexi

Problems

1. Detection mechanism: setup isn't accurate enough!!!
Proposed Compromise: will probably use Video Tracking (pcomp book) + IR in the back end.
2. Interaction w/ the creature: where hands enter in a realistic manner
Proposed Compromise: Black cloth, sleeves, no gloves :)

Posted by Yasmin Elayat at 01:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

The Midi lab was probably the most confusing, complicated lab I've done. I worked with Sinan and we were amibitious. We initially wanted to use my PC and Adobe Audition to read the Midi channel and play whatever signals we were sending it. The programs would detect signals, but for some reason we couldnt' get that setup to work. Probably because neither of us had any expereince with the program.

So we resorted to the Midi synthesizer box. The code for the lab didn't work for us, and after debugging for like an hour, we just wrote our own code that was simple and straightforward that allows a user to play using a potentiometer.

I will probably need to work with Midi for my final project because it's faster the serial communication. :(

Posted by Yasmin Elayat at 01:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)