θ WAVES

Monday, March 30, 2009

Changes

Today I met up with Mark to work on some more code. We added a delay to the settings which will pause the triggered colour for three seconds. After testing with the screen later this week I will most likely change the timing a bit.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Beta Presentations

These are a few images from the beta presentations. Assembling the frame and setting up the rest of the installation took much longer than expected. Many of the small elements such as the projector, wiring and lighting are all factors that contribute to the final piece. I also ran into some trouble setting up the lighting for Theta Waves. I had bought two small halogen lights, however, this causes the object to cast two shadows onto the screen rather than one solid shadow.

Generally the suggestions I got at the Beta's was to change the overall setup. My initial setup had the screen facing a different way from the projection. In the next presentation I plan to place it parallel to the projection screen. Below is a sketch and an image of the approximate measurements of this plan.

Otherwise I need to work some more on coding because the colours are flickering back and forth which does not give a solid representation of the emotion portrayed. I believe putting a counter or a delay into the code may solve this problem.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Structure

These are a few pictures from the initial structure I built for Theta Waves. It is approximately 8x10 feet. There were a few problems I ran into during this process. I decided to cut all of the pieces of wood in half to make it easier to transport from place to place and I also made it a bit smaller than planned because it was difficult to fit even in my house. Also, I had to make a small alteration to its width because the fabric I bought to cover its surface was too small. Otherwise it seems to look good and it is sturdy. I've posted the pictures taken of the wood, brackets, building process, labeling and final piece in a zip file.