Risks and Mitigations
This week, we worked on integration and put together a mock mirror for our interim demo. Through this process and by testing the integrated model, we noticed a few challenges.
- Reflection – The quality of our “mirror” functionality is low. We plan to address this by adding a black background directly behind the two way mirror (in areas excluding our LCD, of course).
- Lighting – Lighting heavily impacts our analysis results. We have yet to install the LED lights discussion in our design report, so adding that will help us get more accurate results.
- Rounded cornet design – The plywoods we currently have don’t bend well, making it difficult for us to fill the edges of our casing. We plan to look into a different material for this. However, it would also be fine to have 90 degree corners instead of the rounded ones as it will just affect the appearance of the mirror, not the functionality.
Design Changes
After testing the mirror, we decided to add a preview feature before a picture is taken so the user gets more feedback from the system. It reduces confusion on the user’s end as they don’t have to guess about whether they are in frame or not. However, this won’t affect other aspects of our design.
Schedule
No change to schedule! We are on track 🙂