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Sonic Gun System - Guns for non-tube displays
Lilwolf:
GREAT! I love to see this is coming out! I have some questions
1) is this only going to be abilible in a gun? or will you be selling the guts to fit in other guns?
2) Without calibration, how are you going to handle varying bezel size (this will probably be a big issue for most of us. Some of us can't just move it right next to the tube. For me, maybe an inch?) Will the standard windows calibration be enough (hold gun in center, only move it to the edges of the screen.... and not beyond? should work I guess)
3) can people be standing in different locations around the monitor (side, low, high, ect). And will they need to recalibrate?
Very cool. Hopefully the costs will be low enough to allow casual hobbies to get them, while not being little plastic rayguns.
aljupy:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on October 10, 2008, 05:50:40 am ---3) can people be standing in different locations around the monitor (side, low, high, ect). And will they need to recalibrate?
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On SGSFLYER.PDF I can read that you donŽt lose any accuracy by moving backward or forward. So I guess that once you Fix sensors on each of 4 corners and you calibrate it with the "calibration setup utility" that is mentioned about. YouŽll be able to move around without losing accuracy.
I hope I understand well bacause it sound good.
That sounds very interesting. I never heard of a lightgun that uses wave sounds to position.
davidrfoley:
Well, its not a "lightgun" its an "acoustic gun" But yes, the accuracy will remain regardless of distance to the sensors.
davidrfoley:
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on October 10, 2008, 05:50:40 am ---1) is this only going to be abilible in a gun? or will you be selling the guts to fit in other guns?
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Parts will be available to build your own gun, however, there are some strict guidelines for the barrel that will have to be followed. We'll provide CAD files for the barrel.
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on October 10, 2008, 05:50:40 am ---2) Without calibration, how are you going to handle varying bezel size (this will probably be a big issue for most of us. Some of us can't just move it right next to the tube. For me, maybe an inch?) Will the standard windows calibration be enough (hold gun in center, only move it to the edges of the screen.... and not beyond? should work I guess)
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There is no using it without calibration. Calibration does not require moving it next to the tube, I'm not sure where you got that notion. The calibration software simply has you aim at certain targets and pull the trigger.
--- Quote from: Lilwolf on October 10, 2008, 05:50:40 am ---3) can people be standing in different locations around the monitor (side, low, high, ect). And will they need to recalibrate?
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once calibration is completed, the angle and location to the sensors does not affect the performance. recalibration will only be necessary if the sensors move relative to each other.
brandon:
I'm very excited about this!! :) I've seen some guns in arcades that didn't use light guns but the guns functioned the same from the users point of view. I did notice some sort of sensors or emiters around the screen.. was it IR sort of like the Wii? oh and BTW, everyone remember the Power Glove? It used some sort of ultrasonic triangulation to position itself in 3D.. That makes me think... If you made a gun with two barrels that were a known distance apart then software could calculate a Z distance.. hmm.. :)