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Title: Has anyone incorporated Amblone with a MAME cabinet?
Post by: bhays on April 02, 2012, 07:00:04 pm: Amblone is a DIY version of the Phillips system that uses leds to put ambient light around the screen that matches the material on the screen. It's really cool and uses an Arduino with connection to a PC. What I didn't know since mame is running emulation if the Amblone software would be able to pick up the screen content? Has anyone done this with a project?
Amblone: DIY Ambilight - Circle of Life (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpa7ZtvYel4#)
http://amblone.com/guide (http://amblone.com/guide)
Title: Re: Has anyone incorporated Amblone with a MAME cabinet?
Post by: hypernova on April 02, 2012, 07:29:17 pm: While it looks cool, I think I would be distracted by the lighting in the background changing all the time with the picture, and just as annoying, watching it fade and grow when more color is introduced/taken away.
Title: Re: Has anyone incorporated Amblone with a MAME cabinet?
Post by: Gray_Area on April 02, 2012, 09:52:51 pm: Quote from: hypernova on April 02, 2012, 07:29:17 pm
While it looks cool, I think I would be distracted by the lighting in the background changing all the time with the picture, and just as annoying, watching it fade and grow when more color is introduced/taken away.

Oh, not after long I bet. Just think of it like being in a stage theatre.
Title: Re: Has anyone incorporated Amblone with a MAME cabinet?
Post by: kahlid74 on April 02, 2012, 11:22:09 pm: I like it as an idea but man, I've got bigger fish to fry. Maybe one day!
Title: Re: Has anyone incorporated Amblone with a MAME cabinet?
Post by: drventure on April 03, 2012, 09:39:24 pm: Interesting. I picked up a Philips ambx specifically to play with this effect, but I haven't had the time to dissect it yet. That would make a nice arduino project, but id want it USB not com...