This week, my focus was on a myriad of tasks rather than focusing on a specific dimension. This was prompted by our earlier purvey into the hologram pyramids; even though we aren’t scheduled to work on it until much later, I wanted to look into web application interface and the Jetson communication.
With a quick look into the holograms last week, after discussions with the professor and the TA, we are considering making the hologram pyramid bigger so that there is more surface area. I had an idea of cutting square pieces of acrylic, decreasing the angles of the trapezoid, and testing.
Looking into the Pepper’s Ghost illusion, the original use of it was in magic show’s. The original projections are similar to the ones in the diagram shown below. That projection is horizontal, and there is only one glass available. I may brainstorm ideas on how to execute this, since most people have access to projectors and can easily replicate this instead of needing to use a big screen and a pyramid.
Image from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s_ghost#/media/File:Peppers_ghost_low_angle.jpg
I also began looking into Jetson. Setting it up is similar to setting a Raspberry Pi, but I was having some trouble formatting the SD card. I also began researching different communication protocols, including MQTT. I want to follow this tutorial once I set up the Jetson to see if we can use it in our final project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPmzoYwXj00&ab_channel=AshutoshMohanty.
Image of Jetson
We have a design presentation due next week, and I volunteered to present this time. I want to focus on making our presentation more pitch-focused, so I began storyboarding how I imagine the user will be using it. Some screenshots are below. For the presentation, I also worked on a few slides on the wrist watch CAD file and the gesture algorithm, which can be seen under the Design Review tab above.
Screenshots of the user experience
Since we are moving around the different parts of the schedule, I don’t believe I am behind. If anything, starting on these parts means that we are ahead, but I have to continue working on them in order to continue to hold this position. Over the next week, I want to do more work on the Jetson, since this will be the most relevant once the sensors are completed. Since we ordered some sensors to test with, we can start with communication at the end of next week with the Jetson, so I’ll make that my deadline.