Week 7

This week the Kinect Rig prototype design was completed and sent to the laser cutters.

The 3d modelled prototype.

The laser-cutting schematics.

We also began testing the Kinect integration on Stevens computer. The tests we ran where successful, though as with all Kinect based activity, the environment can have a detrimental effect on the effectiveness of the device. This means we can begin fine-tuning the kind of interactions we planned at the start and hopefully can have them operational soon.


We began preparations for the Intellectual Property presentation we are giving next week. We split the presentation up into 5 main areas for the 5 group members, which fall into 2 categories as follows:

Using IP:

• How to use other peoples IP.
• What other IP do we use and how should we do it.

Creating IP:

• Automatic IP Rights.
• Formally Registered IP Rights.
• IP we've created and how we'd protect it.

I chose the 5th topic, IP we've create and how we'd protect it. There are 3 main things I think should be discussed in this topic:

1. The Kinect apparatus.
2. The CryEngine level and models.
3. The software written to react to the Kinect.

We plan to meet up on Friday this week to fully write up the presentation to ensure it works as a cohesive whole.