Saturday, April 12, 2008

No Longer Stuck on Stickers. Turned On to LEDs


The stickers don't seem to be working too well for motion tracking.  Their color values are so fickle and highly dependent on lighting.  I did anticipate the lighting to give me trouble, but I'm really questioning the worth of dealing with this trouble.  I think having a light in the curved space will ruin the ambiance of the projection.  I am thinking of buying small LED flashlights and clipping them on a headband (much like Luke's headband, except I plan to buy pre-made LED lights, rather than wiring my own- see the picture.  And, Luke, if you are interested, they make infrared LED flashlights exactly like these.)  I think this will alleviate several concerns with the tracking.  I still plan to use color tracking, and this way I can keep the area dark, I don't have to worry about what colors the viewers are wearing, and the color values I am tracking should stay fairly constant since they are their own source of luminance. 
 

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