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Rando:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on April 29, 2012, 12:09:31 am ---

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First thing that popped into my head when I saw this,
one of those clear screen teleprompter things.

Maybe have it towards the front of the bike, or even closer, depending on size.  Maybe it folds down when not in use, pops up when you want it.  Because it's clear (mostly?) it wouldn't look out of place really and would kinda resemble a virtual HUD or something to that effect.

I don't know how good of an actually PICTURE you can project onto one of things, but that's what I'm thinking, and would be exclusive to the speeder, regardless of where you placed it.

Like the ones advertised here:  http://www.telepromptermirror.com/speechteleprompter.htm

Like this:

Le Chuck:
If I was to go with an invisible monitor route I'd just mod monitor glasses into a scout trooper helmet. This solution would combine the geekiness of VR SW and Arcade gaming. It would probably be fatal in a dose that high.

Edit:  Said the above jokingly and now can't get it out of my head.  Feature creep is setting in, I hate the brain storm phase as I get delusions of build grandeur. 

Ond:
Been giving this some thought - Vigo style.  For a floating effect there's a few things you could do, mount the bike on a single black powder coated column which in turn rests on a black surface/large disk say 5 feet in radius - something like Linoleum which can be rolled up and transported.  At the right height from most angles the bike will appear to float.  Mount the bike onto the column using a hidden, modern rocking horse style assembly to allow some forward/back lateral movement. Add some stiff springs for say an inch or two of vertical 'give'.  Combine with a Buttkicker transducer under the saddle and a couple of speedy linear actuators ($$$$  :lol ) and you got a feedback system that combined with a projected image could work really well. Got you thinking?

yotsuya:
I'll say this about you, Chuck, when you get an idea, you get an IDEA.  :gobama

saint:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 29, 2012, 07:09:02 pm ---Saint's seldom right when he disagrees with me, so take that into consideration.  In his pics, he's got an entire room devoted to that projector.  (Or at least one end of it)  Are you really going to make a Star Wars toy the one and only thing going on in that room?  If you use a flat screen, you can cram that thing anywhere it will fit and it's still playable.

The whole home theater thing centered around projectors is dead.  Uses far too much space and kills any flexibility with room arrangement (you've probably only got one large wall without windows/doors in each room).

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Heh.

1. Reading comprehension fail.

2. I disagree. The enjoyment we and visitors get also disagree with you.

3. You're wrong.

4. I said I wouldn't use a projector for his project. See #1.

5. "An entire room dedicated to that projector" is absurd. That's like saying "there's an entire room dedicated to that fridge" or "to that bed" ... The room still works when we want to do other things. *boggle*

6. A bigger HD projector screen, properly sized for viewing distance, is a better experience than a small HD television. Certainly more expensive though. To each their own.

7. See #'s 2 and 3 above.

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