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 d-usa wrote:
Somebody go turn this into a full 4x6 table for awesome terrain purposes!

It's freaking me out man!

So, how did it work, was it a camera or something?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
So, how did it work, was it a camera or something?

Probably camera(s) and a projected pattern (infrared since i couldn't see it in the video) akin to the xbox kinect sensor

Edit: i was talking about the 3d scanner on the side btw

Really? Pick up your visual scanning! You can see the edge of the table and its workings at the start of the clip.

There's a set of the sticks set in the table which are raise or lowered appearantly according to whatever the scanner to the right is getting.

Only a matter of time before an advanced version of this is used by generals and tacticians at their war tables to simulate 3-dimensional scenery/urban terrain as they formulate their battle plans. /geek

And why wouldn't they just use normal holograms? Seems like it would be a better medium for visualizing the situation.

 notprop wrote:
Really? Pick up your visual scanning! You can see the edge of the table and its workings at the start of the clip.

There's a set of the sticks set in the table which are raise or lowered appearantly according to whatever the scanner to the right is getting.

I got that, but what type of scanner is it? Is it a camera or what?

 Grey Templar wrote:
And why wouldn't they just use normal holograms? Seems like it would be a better medium for visualizing the situation.

Those will be in use too.

"Okay all your models are going to be making a dangerous terrain test right.....NOW."


Looks like it would be more devastating than a curious cat

 hotsauceman1 wrote:

 notprop wrote:
Really? Pick up your visual scanning! You can see the edge of the table and its workings at the start of the clip.

There's a set of the sticks set in the table which are raise or lowered appearantly according to whatever the scanner to the right is getting.

I got that, but what type of scanner is it? Is it a camera or what?

The problem is that you'd need at least two cameras to get depth of field. As you can only have one height for a given coordinate, it might be a kinect mounted directly over the top. Otherwise, it could be two cameras, though you'd have to write all the depth of field code yourself. Of course, libraries exist to handle things similar to that with the sensors in Wii remotes, so that's a possibility too.

From there, you just turn the image into a grid of however by however many squares, and then relay the information to a series of motors mounted under the table. That part is relatively easy by comparison.