Forums > Technical Discussion > HyperLight Update (21-11-2006)
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old hand
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Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
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Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
Little update for you all (thought I'd start a new thread as the last one was getting a bit big!!). I've been a busy bee tonight and I now have 4 pairs of the MK4 (dare I say final?) boards soldered together... now to get something to put 'em in ready for Synergy!
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Little update for you all (thought I'd start a new thread as the last one was getting a bit big!!). I've been a busy bee tonight and I now have 4 pairs of the MK4 (dare I say final?) boards soldered together... now to get something to put 'em in ready for Synergy!
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enthusiast
238 posts
Location: wales,llanelli in the south
enthusiast
238 posts
Location: wales,llanelli in the south
Posted:
sounds oh so good,im in love with these things just from seeing the pictures lol.
sounds oh so good,im in love with these things just from seeing the pictures lol.
to many freaks to little circuses!
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old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
The pictures and videos really don't do them any justice either
The pictures and videos really don't do them any justice either
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Location: USA
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Location: USA
Posted:
I am on the edge of my seat.
You should send me a demo pair, for uh. marketing research.
I am on the edge of my seat.
You should send me a demo pair, for uh. marketing research.
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Posted:
Hyperlight Man, you are truly doing something great for humanity.
The preliminary pictures and videos of these things are CRAZY. Like, cream-your-pants crazy. This kind of thing impresses even my most jaded non-poi friends.
Please, please, please, PLEASE carry on.
Hyperlight Man, you are truly doing something great for humanity.
The preliminary pictures and videos of these things are CRAZY. Like, cream-your-pants crazy. This kind of thing impresses even my most jaded non-poi friends.
Please, please, please, PLEASE carry on.
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Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Tosser
1,712 posts
Location: Bristol,UK
Posted:
I had another spin with the most recent protos (with some hardware tweaks) and I have to say they felt better than ever- with the new housings and increased battery life due soon, I'd say the future's bright (...the future's hyperlight?!.... sorry, that is soooo cheesy).
I had another spin with the most recent protos (with some hardware tweaks) and I have to say they felt better than ever- with the new housings and increased battery life due soon, I'd say the future's bright (...the future's hyperlight?!.... sorry, that is soooo cheesy).
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journeyman
61 posts
Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
journeyman
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Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Posted:
how much are these things going to cost? I'm afraid to get my hopes up that I'll be able to own some...
how much are these things going to cost? I'm afraid to get my hopes up that I'll be able to own some...
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old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
My current guestimate is around the £150 mark. You can find lots of answers to things questions like that on the HyperLight website
I've been making progress on the housings the last day or two and I've also started to play with the accelerometers at last! The early results are already looking promising
EDITED_BY: *HyperLight (1174483214)
My current guestimate is around the £150 mark. You can find lots of answers to things questions like that on the HyperLight website
I've been making progress on the housings the last day or two and I've also started to play with the accelerometers at last! The early results are already looking promising
EDITED_BY: *HyperLight (1174483214)
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Location: USA
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Posted:
Wait now...accelerometers, now? As in, the poi could strobe faster or slower depending on how fast you spun them? Wow.
Wait now...accelerometers, now? As in, the poi could strobe faster or slower depending on how fast you spun them? Wow.
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old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
Got it in one...although changing the speed at which things strobe is really just scratching the surface of what's possible. Needs some more work, but there's a lot of potential
Got it in one...although changing the speed at which things strobe is really just scratching the surface of what's possible. Needs some more work, but there's a lot of potential
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What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
What a Bummer
3,224 posts
Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
....so if I span a 3bt Weave REAL fast... it would look cool
Sounds nifty. Jon... when are you willing to take my money off me for a pair of these...
....so if I span a 3bt Weave REAL fast... it would look cool
Sounds nifty. Jon... when are you willing to take my money off me for a pair of these...
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enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
Posted:
duno whether this interests people but i got to use these babys they are fantastic...
[Old link]
vid is there, Jon you know my views cant wait to use the finals
duno whether this interests people but i got to use these babys
they are fantastic...[Old link]
vid is there, Jon you know my views
cant wait to use the finals BRONZE Member
old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
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Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
It means if you spun really really fast, you you could make it look no different to spinning really really slow - you'd still see the same pattern in the same place... ...in theory
Yes I'd love to take some money from you.. soon
It means if you spun really really fast, you you could make it look no different to spinning really really slow - you'd still see the same pattern in the same place... ...in theory
Yes I'd love to take some money from you.. soon
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Tosser
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Location: Bristol,UK
Tosser
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Location: Bristol,UK
Posted:
... and in theory it could recognise the accelration patterns of anti-spin, slattls etc and thus give different affects for each of the different spins... oooh I want some no... Oh yeah
... and in theory it could recognise the accelration patterns of anti-spin, slattls etc and thus give different affects for each of the different spins... oooh I want some no... Oh yeah
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old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
From what I've seen, I'm not sure you'd be able to detect anti-spin vs regular spin, but you should be able to see the difference between stalls and spinning and be able to react to those at least
From what I've seen, I'm not sure you'd be able to detect anti-spin vs regular spin, but you should be able to see the difference between stalls and spinning and be able to react to those at least
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Tosser
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Location: Bristol,UK
Tosser
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Location: Bristol,UK
Posted:
Have you tried different anti-spin patterns? Ie 3, 4, 5 petals.
Anti-spin without me would you?
Have you tried different anti-spin patterns? Ie 3, 4, 5 petals.
Anti-spin without me would you?
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old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
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Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
I've not tried flowers regular or anti-spun, I was just thinking about what the accelerometer would be seeing. Thinking about it though, anti-spin might actually look more like stalls from the sensors perspective. Need to run some tests
I've not tried flowers regular or anti-spun, I was just thinking about what the accelerometer would be seeing. Thinking about it though, anti-spin might actually look more like stalls from the sensors perspective. Need to run some tests
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Location: on the wrong planet, United Kingdom
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Posted:
Maybe you need a prototype with built in telemetry, so you can get an idea of what the patterns look like in terms of acceleration changes.
It'd be really nice to have flowers with petals that change colors from the center to the edges, or have each petal in a different color.
Something tells me you'd need a whole seperate microcontroller running at a very high clock speed, just for the pattern recognition though.
Maybe you need a prototype with built in telemetry, so you can get an idea of what the patterns look like in terms of acceleration changes.
It'd be really nice to have flowers with petals that change colors from the center to the edges, or have each petal in a different color.
Something tells me you'd need a whole seperate microcontroller running at a very high clock speed, just for the pattern recognition though.
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old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
Here's some examples of the sort of output I get. Bear in mind this is the raw data straight out of the sensors so there's a fair amount of clever smoothing that can be applied to get s cleaner signal to play with
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It might look messy, but I reckon we can pull some fairly interesting stuff out of it - particularly for normal spinning. Things get a little more crazy when you start doing things like stalls
Here's some examples of the sort of output I get. Bear in mind this is the raw data straight out of the sensors so there's a fair amount of clever smoothing that can be applied to get s cleaner signal to play with
Non-Https Image Link
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It might look messy, but I reckon we can pull some fairly interesting stuff out of it - particularly for normal spinning. Things get a little more crazy when you start doing things like stalls
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enthusiast
523 posts
Location: Edinburgh, UK
523 posts
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Posted:
BTW, if anyone wants a way to play with cheap wireless accelerometers to experiment with, hooking up a Wiimote to your computer via bluetooth gives you 3 axes of acceleration quick and easy...
BTW, if anyone wants a way to play with cheap wireless accelerometers to experiment with, hooking up a Wiimote to your computer via bluetooth gives you 3 axes of acceleration quick and easy...
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addict
434 posts
Location: UK
addict
434 posts
Location: UK
Posted:
Jon, not had an update in a while, hows it coming along?
I hear hyperlights paid a visit to the BJC as well, hope they got a good reception. Did you get any new video footage? Be great to see some more
Motley
Jon, not had an update in a while, hows it coming along?I hear hyperlights paid a visit to the BJC as well, hope they got a good reception. Did you get any new video footage? Be great to see some more
Motley
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
He's been working furiously, what on I couldn't say.
Fortunately he's a genius and fixed my fried laptop while he was at it
He's been working furiously, what on I couldn't say.
Fortunately he's a genius and fixed my fried laptop while he was at it
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Stargazer
6,650 posts
6,650 posts
Posted:
Excuse me for being
but why does this thread not show its title in the list of forums?
Excuse me for being
but why does this thread not show its title in the list of forums? the best smiles are the ones you lead to 
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
I used to think it was the brackets in the title, but I think they were square brackets before and Jon changed it and it hasn't helped.
I used to think it was the brackets in the title, but I think they were square brackets before and Jon changed it and it hasn't helped.
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old hand
1,174 posts
Location: Great Malvern [UK]
old hand
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Location: Great Malvern [UK]
Posted:
How's about I make a new thread with the latest updates... ?
How's about I make a new thread with the latest updates... ?
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enthusiast
248 posts
Location: Ireland
enthusiast
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Location: Ireland
Posted:
sounds like a plan
sounds like a plan
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Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Posted:
If you happen to have found this thread, for latest news now see : [Old link]
If you happen to have found this thread, for latest news now see : [Old link]
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