The reflection matrix math did work, however I updated the wrong column …. Anyway, mirrors are now implemented in the VizHome viewer: The mirrors currently render only the bounding boxes of the hierarchy; rendering the …
Month: March 2014
Experiments with Muscle Wires
I’m fortunate to be able to tie my current research into an upcoming site-specific exhibition piece, which will be shown at the offices of Life technologies, a local stem cell research lab. When we toured …
Sculpting now working
Over break, Kevin & Ross helped me out tremendously by getting the stylus to now sculpt a model in the world builder application. I believe the IPD may need to be slightly adjusted so …
ReKinStruct: Switching Between PCDs
This week, I tried to switch visualising between two PCD files to check if it was feasible in run-time and to know how long it takes for the process. The following were the two PCD …
ReKinStruct: Obtaining Kintinuous PCD
Last week, I focussed on fixing the Kinect and started obtaining Point Cloud Data. This week I have obtained a continuous PCD using the SCENECT software. The SCENECT software is fairly easy to use and …
More mirror stuff
Implemented mirrors with reflections about arbitrary planes at arbitrary distances from the origin. The math runs something like this: Let R be the Reflection matrix (see Essential Maths for Games, pg152), then the combined matrix …
VRPN Zspace
Last week I was focused on making a function that would allow track the orientation of the stylus with position matrix. But while digging through the ZSpace SDK I noticed that VRPN supports ZSpace. This …
ReKinStruct- PCD: Check
After a bit of an initial struggle to set the Kinect up with the laptop, I have finally obtained Point Cloud Data. Yes, it is Alienware. Yes, I got my hands on the beast. So, the …
ReKinStruct: Installing PCL, OpenNI and other Kinect Dependencies on Windows (Tutorial)
Since I couldn’t find a simple and direct tutorial on the internet that helps compiling PCL, OpenNI and its related dependencies on a Windows machine, here goes one. Before this begins, a few clarifications. Why …
Week of 3/3/14
(Sorry for the late post – I’ve been having VPN issues with my laptop) Copper Taffeta: I finally got a good result on my taffeta etching! I perfected the salt/vinegar ratio and applied the vaseline …