Risks and Mitigations
This week, after the interim demo, we got some feedback on improving the physical design. It was harder to see through the mirror film for our screen display than we imagined. One suggestion made to our group was to change our design so that we have an actual mirror and the display right beneath the actual mirror instead of a see through mirror film. This would improve the quality of the reflection as well as the screen display. Although we are still contemplating on what design to go with, we have placed and received the parts to change our design as suggested.
We also got feedback on our latency for our inference models. We didn’t have the time measured for the inference models, and we got questions on whether our product will meet the timing we aimed for. After the interim demo, Isaiah measured the time for each inference models, which averaged 2.01 seconds. We are planning to figure out a way to run the models in parallel to achieve the timing for our MVP.
Besides the two concerns mentioned above, we are still working on improving the accuracy of our models. Isaiah is still working with the models to improve the accuracy, while Siena and Corin are working with the lighting that is optimal for the input image.
Design Changes
As mentioned in the first part of the section above, we are contemplating on getting rid of the mirror film and replacing it with an actual mirror. The display will be beneath the mirror instead of behind the mirror film, if the design changes. None of the software side will change, and our product will still deliver the same functionality (just a slight modification in the physical side of the product).
Schedule
We are pretty much on track!