Rig Update

Hey Guys, heres a slightly updated plan for rig, what do you think?

Glass plain should be sorted, spoke to a guy who's got a 1ft by 2ft sheet, which should be good.

Also, been playing around with laptop webcam. Maximum range for this cam is around 50cm, so will be building accordingly (external webcams should have similar properties.)

Also, at 50cm distance, maximum fiducial field is around same distance as laptop monitor, so a 1 by 2 ft piece of glass is ample.

The rigs constructed by last years students featured a shelf for fiducials. I found this to be a good idea, which can add functionality and purpose to our basic rig. We can also have a secondary shelf at the bottom to hold the laptop.

Laptop will be connected to the external webcam displayed below, along with an STC smartboard. We could also consider covering the bottom shelf in light wood since we will not be using the laptop for I/O (apart from executing the batch file)...We can talk about that once rig's frame is done.

Also, laptop speakers will not be enough for this project (especially since sound is mission critical for our rig)...so connecting a set of external speaker's would be ideal.

Let me know what you guys think, will start sawing wood tonight. If anyone feels like joining lemme know, shouldn't be a complicated job though =) ... (assuming I find the saw)