Project Vusix iWear

I am currently working in a group developing a project that uses Vusix iWear VR920 hardware! It is still a work in progress but it should be complete in a few weeks. I will keep hidden the actual application, but here are some screenshots of the eyewear and some tracking arrays that we are working with.

Thanks for reading and there will be more on this project in a few weeks.

SQL Web Front End Interface

Hello everybody. Hope everybody is well and enjoying the nice weather!

This post is about the webpage that I just created. The webpage is actually a front end for my SQL database. The database is a Video Game Database and the webpage allows users to select which attributes of the game they would like to see as well as filter results based on other video game attributes.

The technology I used in this project includes Eclipse (Java Enterprise Edition), Apache Tomcat, SQLplus, Java servlets, and a little bit of HTML. Feel free to leave a comment if you would like more information!

Video Demonstration

Augmented Reality Program

Hey everyone, hope you guys are enjoying easter weekend. Today was nice and sunny but instead of going out and enjoying the weather, I was inside working on this program... but seeing as how it is night time, I can take a few minutes and write a post about it.

This is a screenshot from my program. It constantly checks the installed webcam for a certain block pattern (seen in the screenshot). When it sees it, it places the items over the pattern. In other words, if you tilt and move the sheet of paper, the images move along with it. There is also a wand in the middle which the user can control with their hand. By holding another array (similar to the one in the shot, except using two blocks) the user is able to guide the wand to different objects, thus selecting them. Once selected, the user can manipulate the object through translations, rotations, and scales.

I created this program in C# (microsoft visual c# express 2008) using GoblinXNA, Columbia University's Graphical Interface library built on top of XNA game studio. For more info on GoblinXNA, go here:

http://graphics.cs.columbia.edu/projects/goblin/

Video Demo of project:

I apologize for the lame video. The poor quality... my fault. The sound lag... youtube's fault =)

Grooveshark: Cool Music Resource

I did not make this, and this is not something that I can be proud of creating (as I mentioned in the first post) but I guess this blog will also promote things that I like and use often.

Grooveshark is a site that anybody can use to listen to music for free. It is located at:

HTTP://WWW.GROOVESHARK.COM

and has a wide range of music. You can favorite songs, create playlists, friend users and see what they are listening to, etc etc. It reminds me of pandora, but I like it better because the music is not random. You can actually listen to what you want to. Give it a try.

My username is thablinksta if you would like to friend me.

Peace

Tech Blog

So I am sitting in a cafe editing a concert review. It sucks. All I want to do is work on my databases project.

This happens alot. I would rather work on my cs assignments than write a stupid paper. Then I start reminiscing about all of the things that I have done.

And then it dawns on me... why not make a tech blog!!!!!! Nothing serious, I am just documenting everything that I have done so that people who I want to see it (as well as people who are interested) can check it out.

Since this is a techblog, I will try not to be too wordy. I will try to keep it not-so-verbose and keep it nice and technical.

Anyway, I hope this is something that I can continue for years to come. This is all.