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Projectors, Speeders, Fan-art liability, and other issues
Le Chuck:
Ond - we all know that when you design something for a specific person that person is destined to never build it *cough hack pinball wiz cough couch* :laugh:
That said if I commit I'll let you know and send you some idears. Right now I'm just shopping parts and spit-balling ideas. I did find some cool links for speeder related stuff tho:
http://www.hollywoodhardware.de/special.htm
http://www.the-rpf.com/f9/my-full-size-speeder-bike-replica-92961/
http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/f32/full-size-usable-speeder-bike-33427/
PBJ: I thought the projector would be good for the exact reason that I don't plan on having a dedicated space. If I take this to a show I want to be able to throw it up a wall. I'll probably end up with both a projector and a having a TV hookup. Who knows. It's all philosophical right now anyway.
kahlid74:
Late to the party, but the idea of projectors needing to be in dark rooms isn't really accurate anymore. Projector technology has come far enough where you can see them in daylight now and still make out the image (even with slight washout). The challenge is price. If you want a project that can be seen during the day in a non dark room you're in the $1000 range ($700 for a refurbished). So if you want a project do it, you won't regret it. We have ours in the basement with two egress windows facing east. Even at 10 AM when the sun is rocking on the windows you can still see plenty enough to rock games and movies. The 12 foot viewing surface doesn't hurt either.
As far as heat is concerned it's not an issue. A high end project will make oodles of heat but engineering a way to dissipate the heat is easy. You just need to make sure it's on your agenda to tackle.
I love the idea of making something like that but I would make damn sure it's movable/liftable. The worst thing you could do would be to build that and be unable to move it/rearrange it.
If you were planning to build something like that you need to look at measurements as a whole. To feel like you're really in that world you'd need a 10-12 foot projected image, which means your project needs to be 15-20~ish feet back from the projected surface. IMO you'd want to fix the project to the ceiling in a 15-20 foot room and then build that rig in the middle so then you could rock it out. Otherwise I would use a triple monitor rig with three 28" monitors and then adhere them to the frame so as you're driving the screens tilt and turn with you.
TopJimmyCooks:
1. Subscribe >:D
2. I'm really surprised by all the concern about LucasArts coming after a few handmade mini star wars cabs/kits/whatever possibly being sold, or a fan made speeder bike interfaced to an LA licensed game.
Does anybody have an example of LA shutting down a fan project? Or a fan project being monetized without licensing? I'm interested.
Santoro:
I doubt they care about one-offs like this. Don't try to sell it though.
Vigo:
A remake of Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken were shut down. Of course they were both distributing a product.