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Sonic Gun System - Guns for non-tube displays
davidrfoley:
I updated the image of the Sensor from a mock-up to a picture of the real sensor next to a ruler so that you can compare to the drawings that I posted and see how it gets mounted.
The Sega system uses a bunch of IR sensors around the display and a camera in the barrel of the gun.
Numbski:
Definitely looking forward to this. The ability to possibly house this in an actual arcade gun, or heck, just about anything that looks like a gun (maybe even a film gun prop???) is just plain awesome. I never would have thought to use a sonic interface for something like this. Great work!
shmokes:
Any idea what it would cost to have a glass shop drill holes in the four corners of glass when they cut it for you? I'm planning to eventually pick up a pane of tinted glass for my cabinet. There would really be no good place for me to mount those sensors, but it seems like I could just glue the PCP to the back of the glass and put the sensor portion though the hole in the glass for a pretty clean-looking install. I can't imagine drilling a few holes in the glass would substantially increase the cost of the glass.
davidrfoley:
The sensors can be placed anywhere on the screen, they don't have to be at the exact corners of the display, so moving them out a few inches won't affect performance, but might solve your problem. The other option is to use a polycarbonate instead of glass, in which case drilling / cutting is a lot cheaper. They have many shades now that you can get the tint that you like.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: shmokes on October 15, 2008, 11:35:08 am ---Any idea what it would cost to have a glass shop drill holes in the four corners of glass when they cut it for you? I'm planning to eventually pick up a pane of tinted glass for my cabinet. There would really be no good place for me to mount those sensors, but it seems like I could just glue the PCP to the back of the glass and put the sensor portion though the hole in the glass for a pretty clean-looking install. I can't imagine drilling a few holes in the glass would substantially increase the cost of the glass.
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If the glass is tempered, drilling probably isn't going to be an option. It would have to be done before tempering. I'd just go with acrylic to make things like this easier to implement. It holds up fine, as evidenced by the piece I've had in my cabinet for the last 6+ years. Still looks almost perfect.
Something that would be nice eventually would be a small, attractive plastic housing for the sensors with some good PSA on the back.
RandyT