As part of my research and my graphics class, I put together a program that lets me build things and then simulate them. Most things I do with the mouse or keyboard; however, the lab I work in has a 3D motion capture system. I attached my simulated world to the motion capture and was then able to use a glove to point to things and move them around. The motion capture works by tracking blinking lights. That means that I could effectively use the lights on the glove as buttons as well as pointers. I would point with two of the lights and then cover up a third light in order to grab something. When I uncovered the light, the program let go of whatever I grabbed. This was a lot of fun to build.
4 comments:
Very nicely done!
I know that there is a tremendous amount of work here to make the objects in the world obey "laws of nature" - gravity, and so forth - but a minor slip I may have seen makes me wonder about the potential of making an animated MC Escher painting, with impossible objects - water running down an endless channel, and so forth.
Also -- the hardware to do this is somewhat exotic - at least, the motion-sensing gloves part. How much of this could still be replicated with a cheap web-cam, and a black glove with dots of reflective tape?
By any standard, this is very cool technology.
that is very impressive. very cool.
I wonder how Emily would react to building towers in a virtual world.
Anyway, looks pretty sweet.
Really impressive. You are smart.
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