"got any good links?"<br>
<br>See:<br><a href="http://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page">http://openkinect.org/wiki/Main_Page</a><br><br>and <br><br><a href="http://openkinect.org/wiki/Gallery">http://openkinect.org/wiki/Gallery</a><br><br>For further information and a list of who is doing what with the Kinect. <br>
I'm sure searching google will provide more links, in addition to the monitoring the usual sources (makezine, hackaday).<br><br>Martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 November 2010 15:19, Roy Mohan Shearer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fy81le@googlemail.com">fy81le@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Thanks for all your replies so far, will have a good look at them all tomorrow.<br>
<br>
re: lights stalking you, that is a good point Andrew! Our initial<br>
thought was that it would be reassuring to have a sense of the space<br>
being 'aware' of your presence, and having some forewarning of other<br>
peoples' presence might be useful. But it is something we would have<br>
to consider carefully if we go down this route. I find these kind of<br>
problems really interesting in that there is a quality to how things<br>
are programmed ('aesthetic programming' perhaps?) that can make the<br>
difference between an idea like this being friendly or just being<br>
really spooky. Hence looking for a skilled coder!<br>
<br>
re: OpenKinect, Kenny - would love to, but doubt it's quite right for<br>
this project! Anyone here got anything to share in the world of<br>
OpenKinect, got one, hacked one, got any good links?<br>
I came across this interesting summary of various initial hacks:<br>
<a href="http://www.creativeapplications.net/maxmsp/kinect-one-week-later-processing-of-cinder-maxmsp/" target="_blank">http://www.creativeapplications.net/maxmsp/kinect-one-week-later-processing-of-cinder-maxmsp/</a><br>
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On 27 November 2010 14:40, Andrew Back <<a href="mailto:andy@smokebelch.org">andy@smokebelch.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi Roy,<br>
><br>
> On (14:54 26/11/10), Roy Mohan Shearer wrote:<br>
><br>
>> We are proposing a row of colour-changing spotlights downlighting the<br>
>> walls of the underpass, with sensors along the length of the underpass<br>
>> that will track individuals' movements through the underpass. The<br>
>> effect that we're going for is that as each individual enters the<br>
>> underpass, the spotlights increase in intensity and a colour is<br>
>> assigned to that person which accompanies them as they walk through.<br>
>> In addition to this there will be a constant level of white uplighting<br>
>> illuminating the ceiling of the underpass. The underpass is 16m long x<br>
>> 6m wide x 3 m high.<br>
><br>
> Just a thought, but couldn't this be a little disconcerting at night? It's<br>
> dark, late and as you hurry through an underpass alone a light stalks you...<br>
><br>
>> The main issues I predict for the designer are longevity (this being a<br>
>> permanent installation), and designing a system that can reliability<br>
>> differentiate between users. I have some experience with using picaxe<br>
>> and arduino for prototyping but am unsure as to whether this method<br>
>> could be made robust enough for a permanent installation on this<br>
>> scale, and if so who could do it for us. Does anyone here have any<br>
>> experience of builiding something on this scale, or can perhaps<br>
>> suggest a local individual or company whom we could contact?<br>
><br>
> I can't see why the Arduino wouldn't be reliable enough. I know of at least<br>
> one mass market product out there which was prototyped on an arduino and<br>
> then the production unit is basically a custom Arduino board. If it would<br>
> suffice I'd be tempted to use an Arduino Nano as they can easily be<br>
> socketed, making repairs and maintenance (e.g. firmware upgrade) easier.<br>
><br>
> If doing anything more than very simple processing and the Arduino won't cut<br>
> it you might want to look at something like the Pandaboard:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://pandaboard.org" target="_blank">http://pandaboard.org</a><br>
><br>
> It's cheap, small, fairly powerful, runs Linux and is perfect for embedded<br>
> applications. It also has some sort of camera interface.<br>
><br>
> A good place to go for further advice might be the RS Components community<br>
> site, DesignSpark:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://designspark.com" target="_blank">http://designspark.com</a><br>
><br>
> They have an 'Ask an Engineer' section...<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
><br>
> Andrew<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Andrew Back<br>
> <a href="mailto:a@smokebelch.org">a@smokebelch.org</a><br>
><br>
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