Woot woot!

Ok, so I powered on the table and the lasers were at the correct power.... so figured I would shoot some video.

I calibrated... and knocked the screen resolution down a bit so it would fit a little better till I can adjust the throw.
First up... Globe!

Notice the pinch to zoom and three finger rotate

Second... me playing with photos (matt and I in a speedo!)

Third... me surfing the web (using on screen keyboard!)

So after the videos I played around a bit and its fun. Table is a little shaky but not bad at all!

Lastly... me playing retard DJ! lol the program isnt made for multitouch and I havent installed the midi controller yet so its just rudimentary messing around.

Frame done

So this weekend I was finally able to complete the frame for the pedestal surface.

Frame was built from steel and welded. The mirror and projector mounts are both adjustable. I did find that the throw was too long however and seems to make the desktop too big (just slightly) and so I have to either extend the projector towards the mirror or raise the mirror up higher to shrink it just slightly.

Test video output was good to show the projection size on the surface

Couple of issues however were found once everything was buttoned up.

1) The 2 lasers I was having trouble with before are truly bad. Ive tested power and they both are getting full power but they fade in and out of useable laser strength. The other 2 lasers work perfect. I have submitted for an RMA from PeauProductions where I bought them from.

2) The projector flicks on and off at times. I am wondering if it is a heat issue because the unit does get pretty warm when on bright settings. I may have to come up with a cooling solution for it as well.

3) The afformentioned display size being too large.

Here are some pics of the unit, ignore the messy area....

Progress!!

So tonight I got a bit trashed, and after a days worth of messing around.... I got it to actually work!

Its not as accurate.... but once I mount it in a frame it will be (lasers adjusted)...

but here are som teasers...

Projector arrived!

So the projector arrived... unfortunately my laptop's HDMI out is not working due to a video card issue. I still put a vid on a micro SD card and set things up with a diffuser. Once again the video looks worse than in person, simply because the way the camera overexposes. I cannot see much of a light halo which is good.

Here is a pic

Pic of the projector in comparison to a ps3 controller. It literally is about the size of 3 of my cell phones stacked on top of each other.... its perfect!

Some mount pics

Here are some pics of the mounts I made for the lasers in the acrylic...

Table...

Ok... so for a proof of concept we are doing a pedestal style. I picked up some 24"x48" plexi, a bunch of misc parts and stuff and made the laser mounts, wired them up to a power supply, mounted them to the board and aligned them. Everything went well except one laser fluctuates on power while another is just low power. The other 2 are just fine... so I am thinking it might be my soldering job. Im going to pull them apart and re-solder them to test... and if that still doesnt work I will have to send them back as faulty lasers.

Matt posted up the vid I sent him.... lasers do really well with the camera filter. I also ordered some new lenses as I am not really impressed with the 2.1mm fisheye. Its offcentered and just not pleasing. It would better work in an enclosed wide box and not an open frame. New lenses should get here this thursday.

And Corey has made some huge steps!

Just thought a quick post with Corey's ability to get the laser lights working. Although he is having some power issues that may be solved with a different power supply or isolating the currents.

Here is a video from him today.