Optimised and Working!

The electrical tape worked!

After a lot of numerous changes today, I've managed to optimise all the blobs so they work effectively. I can drag a finger over the surface and get blobs picked up effectively. I can resize images and rotate the 2d global desk using my fingers as well. So all the basic functionality I need is working (Yipee!)

I do have some videos but they're very large so I'm attempting to re-encode them via After Effects, if it works I will post the youtube videos.

I intend to try and build a contraption to keep the surface still, sometime soon, it's rather heavy at 2-3 kg's, so it does need something fairly robust. I also need to get a projector to make interaction with blobs complete and fully intuitive.

More updates will follow I bet...

Moment of truth!

The surface is now complete, the first image shows the fabric stabiliser stretched over the surface of the acrylic and the projection fabric stretched on top of that layer. Now I'm ready to add the LED's and tonight I will know if all the parts, (Webcam, surface, software) actually work properly.








It's the moment of truth...