SKETCH THREE: project research & prototyping

SKETCH THREE: mock interface through Flash

Over the week we have been looking at the Wii-mote and connecting that to the mac through bluetooth. Finally got it working, but the input wasn't something that we expected. Currently the Wii-mote only detects 4 IR Leds at a time, so we have to reconsider another alternative for our input. Perhaps using webcam and detecting motion might be the best alternative that we are at.

Another take on the interface portion is changing from MAX MSP to Flash. We found that through MAX MSP the coding uses a lot of CPU memory which results in crashing the system. Finding an alternative way of coding efficiently was through Flash ActionScript (2.0 or 3.0). So far we divided the coding into two groups, one working on implementing the Wii-mote with MAX MSP and the other implementing the Wii-mote with Flash. Both are coming along, but still have some tweeking and coding to do. The research portion is coming along and even found out more context that we can use to back up our technical and theoretical point of view.

SKETCH THREE: Wiimote White Board Program implementation

For the MAC, I used the WiimoteWhiteBoard to connect the Wii-mote through Bluetooth. This one was another alternative compared to Johnny Lee's program for connecting the Wiimote to the computer. Hopefully by this week we can get some results in having user testings and fine tweak the patch/actionscript.