Milestone #3

Final Milestone before "beta" testing begins.

As of right now, a functional model of the final version is working, the physical interface should be the only thing remaining. The current version uses a standard video camera with a small hand-held light, displayed on the normal computer screen. In the final version, you will simply touch a plexiglass screen with a video projected on it while an infrared camera monitors where you are touching the surface of the screen. Also, Ryan's video is pretty much done rendering, and we have tested some bits on the interface to try and figure out the best method to use.

I have alsorecently purchased a few sheets of plexiglass to start constructing the final interface, which should be completed over break.

The only other part of the project that hasn't been implemented yet is an audio switching scheme. As the video layers are faded out, the sound of the layer below should start to be heard, eventually leading to 4 layers of sound to be heard together, eg sound effects, voice effects, and music. This is partly because Ryan is still working on some sound bits, and partly because I haven't figured out exactly how to implement it yet. Either way, this is not the focus of the project, and will be implemented in the final version.