Tag 'camera'

Making a multitouch table: The camera

Looking back to our process of making a multitouch table, the camera seems to be the most delicate part and a source of many (at that time very unfocused) woes.Read more

FTIR effect

One of the first good images of the FTIR effect in our multitouch table project that was made soon after we got PS3 Eye webcam and adapted it for our purposes.

Inserting IR pass filter

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Our simple IR pass filter (a few layers of developed photographic film) has been placed between the lens and the sensor (where the old IR block filter used to be).

Disassembling PS3 Eye webcam

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Main parts of a disassembled PS3 Eye webcam. Unfortunately one really has to break some plastic links to get it apart.

Making a multitouch table: The wiring

After months of waiting I can now finally continue my series of posts on making a multitouch table. The reason for this delay was suspiciously long shipping times for some additional equipment (I will talk about this in the next post).Read more

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