Saturday, April 29, 2006

VOG ("Voice 'o God")

Got together with Curtis and recorded him reading the Voice Over scripts for the various stories for the Ages. Sounds good. Needs some editing, but will be awesome.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Scripts for the Stories

Finished the scripts for the remaining Ages and the final Content story.

Friday, April 21, 2006

More Elemental Phicon stuff

We reprinted and retrained the phicon marker patterns and tested them. They seem to work okay despite the lower light levels seen as a result of the electronics re-orientation.

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Elementals turned upside-down

Checked the wiring for our Elemental phicons. Took the electronics and reconfigured them so that the LED now points up and the battery holder is on the bottom. This prevents the uneven light "hotspot" from the LED seen in the center of the marker pattern before. However, the marker pattern is darker, in general, now due to the change.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

AR "Magic Window" Handles





Figured out how to securely attach and engineer a frame and handles to hold the AR viewer in the "Magic Window" configuration.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

More Greek Altar Mods

We found that the probability of someone losing the single, central marker on the Greek Altar's tabletop very high while trying to light fire. Therefore, a set of additional symbols were printed, affixed to the tabletop, and trained. Those include four variations of symbols representing Zeus and the three astrological fire signs (Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius). Testing with the added markers seems to show that the 3D objects are securely tracked and anchored at nearly all angles, positions, and orientations around the table.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Earth Age Phicons & AR Power





Finished the other 3 Earth Age phicons (electronics, markers, & pattern training). Wired the battery system for the AR viewer.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Greek Table Fire

The AR viewer with the new lens was having difficulty seeing the edge of the fire symbol on the fennel branch correctly, so it was reprinted with more white space around its edge then tested. Seems okay.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

New AR Lens

Attached and recalibrated new lens for AR viewer giving a wider FOV. Unfortunately, we couldn't use the pinhole type because it didn't let in enough light and the image was too dark. So we went with a standard lens.

Monday, April 10, 2006

The Temple






Finished the shrouds and lighting for the Temple environment.