Changes RSS
A PCRE internal error occured. This might be caused by a faulty plugin

====== Differences ====== This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

projects:computing:ui:headtrack [2011/02/05 21:51]
fishy created
projects:computing:ui:headtrack [2011/02/05 21:56] (current)
fishy
Line 1: Line 1:
-ConceptLarge virtual framebuffer on X11, with a relatively small viewport onto the framebuffer. The framebuffer is displayed to the user through video goggles, and the viewport is actively scrolled on the large framebuffer using a headtracker. Does this provide a pseudo-3d environment experience for the user, and does this create a working, productive user interface environment?+====== Concept ====== 
 +Large virtual framebuffer on X11, with a relatively small viewport onto the framebuffer. The framebuffer is displayed to the user through video goggles, and the viewport is actively scrolled on the large framebuffer using a headtracker. Does this provide a pseudo-3d environment experience for the user, and does this create a working, productive user interface environment? 
 + 
 +===== Work done ===== 
 + 
 +Using FVWM it was very simple to get a proof-of-concept of the large framebuffer and scrolling. The framebuffer/viewport was provided through a combination of FVWMs virtual resolution support and xrandr. The scrolling was implemented as a very naive module for FVWM. Panning/scrolling was not done using head-tracking, instead a joystick input was used for simplicity. 
 + 
 +===== Work in progress ===== 
 + 
 +Atmega328p microcontroller + FTDI USB-serial + 5DOM IMU is currently being used to implement a proof-of-concept headtracker. The first generation tracker will not beof a practical size or presicion, but will function as a prototype and proof.