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mKoser
 
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garment hanger
« on: Nov 13th, 2003, 10:13pm » |
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(first, not sure if this sketch belongs in 'tangible computing' ... hmm, anyway, here goes!)
i've just finished a quick sketch for a project I am developing for creative retail spaces. More information on the project as it evolves - for now, this was just a sketch to explain the concept.
. basic concept .
a clothes hanger has a meaning as long as clothes are hung on it... once you remove it, it looses its purpose. By "augmenting" (damn, that has become such a buzzword these days) the hanger a new level of meaning can be applied. Say, if you are trying on a sweatshirt in a dressing-room, and hold the (empte) hanger in front you (between you and the mirror) the hanger might suggest a pair of jeans that could go with the sweatshirt ... or, it might just have the garment of the shirt you are trying on dangling on it (which is an example closer to the sketch shown in the video).
I need to clear up the code a bit, and make a version suitible for browsers.
Then I will poste the code (this weekend).
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http://proce55ing.beyondthree.com?chapter=sketch&project=garment_han ger
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Comments are, as always welcome 
+ mikkel
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mikkel crone koser | www.beyondthree.com | http://processing.beyondthree.com
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rgovostes
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Re: garment hanger
« Reply #1 on: Nov 13th, 2003, 10:29pm » |
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nifty. very, very nifty.
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Ale_k
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Re: garment hanger
« Reply #2 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 10:22am » |
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Very, very nice.
Why don't you add a third led? I think that it could help to detect any position or rotation in the space.
Bye
Alessandro
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mKoser
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Re: garment hanger
« Reply #3 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 2:28pm » |
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thanks rgovostes and Ale_k,
Quote:| Why don't you add a third led? I think that it could help to detect any position or rotation in the space. |
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I am not sure I see what you mean?
At the moment the "position" in the space (fake z-axis if you like) are given by the effect of moving the hanger closer to the camera, the camera then sees the two LEDs far apart, and draws the texture big.
Rotation-wise, i get the rotation of the hanger (similar to rotateZ, in proce55ing terms) from the angle between the two LEDs ... I am not sure what a 3rd LED can add to the project without having to use yet another webcam, and then move into 3D tracking (as opposed to 2D tracking, which I am doing at the moment.)
+ Mikkel
PS btw. I have been wanting to do 3D-tracking for a while now, I just have to get my head around connecting 2 webcams to Proce55ing 
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mikkel crone koser | www.beyondthree.com | http://processing.beyondthree.com
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Ale_k
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Re: garment hanger
« Reply #4 on: Nov 14th, 2003, 5:00pm » |
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Hi Mikkel,
it's difficult to explain in english for me, anyway I colud be wrong. I mean that with two points you don't kwow if you are rotating on Y axis or are you moving on Z axis, you could check it if you compare the ratio between lates of a traingle(3 leds).
Alessandro
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For sure two cameras work better, I cant wait to see it
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benelek
 
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Re: garment hanger
« Reply #5 on: Nov 15th, 2003, 2:24am » |
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with only two LEDs, you're kind of assuming that the hanger is facing the camera directly (if it is rotated away, the LEDs would seem closer together so the p5 app would assume it is further away). It'd involve some more complicated maths, but if you had 3 LEDs you could work out the rotation and the distance more accurately.
~jacob
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Bijeoma
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Re: garment hanger
« Reply #6 on: Nov 17th, 2003, 6:43pm » |
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great concept mikkel
bryan
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