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Using it to make a bunny kind of dizzy.
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The 3D controller
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Inspiration
Inspired by a pile of pipe cleaners. Brought to life by the same noble pile of pipe cleaners.
What it does
Ridiculous Rift is a 3D world controller, which we put to use to maneuver a plane over (and sometimes under) the Grand Canyon.
How we built it
We used C++ for the OpenCV portion, and piped position data over standard out to a python-based OpenGL renderer.
Challenges we ran into
OpenGL is a beast with many horns. We got poked sometimes. Particularly by texture mapping, trying to include a skybox. It's also interesting that we have to re calibrate our tracking program due to lighting changes (Like after the sun goes down / comes up).
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Relatively stable 3D motion tracking with arts and crafts supplies is pretty cool. Throwing together a flight simulator with nothing but some openGL and a grand canyon mesh also isn't bad.
What we learned
We learned some math, and how to use some of the most ubiquitous libraries in the computer graphics world. Linear algebra is it's own reward, don't you think?
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