Early on in the week, we finished creating the frame for the mirror, and attaching the mirror itself to its frame. Jeremy and Wonho decided to use tape to hold the four mirrors of the frame in order to compensate for the flexibility of the mirror, which is made of acrylic. We were able to see the background through the mirror, which was not our objective, so we also used a cardboard box as a back to the frame to block any excess light from coming through, and the result is that only the monitor is visible through the mirror.
Jeremy and Wonho Posing with the Mirror
As such, we have moved on to the most significant challenge to the project, our software components. To be specific, we mostly worked on the Openpose troubles and getting the Nvidia Xavier and trtpose to work as we want it too. Unfortunately due to some team members being preoccupied, we were not able to approach the other software components this week. We switched from utilizing bluetooth to using a wifi connection for our application and mirror to communicate, which may provide a few security concerns to address, but will ultimately be easier to implement due to the additional support provided.
We seem to be a little behind schedule, but in the coming weeks we hope to make more progress on the software components, such as trtpose and the application, in order to be able to present them at the interim demo.