Razor512 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I did it with my webcam , took about 5 minutes to make the box and it actually works, the accuracy is not too good buy it works ok (it only goes up to 640x480 which doesnt fit too well on a 1440x900 screen (it spreads it out to fill the screen but that kills the accuracy ) i was able to get better accuracy using one of an antenna that goes to my RC car but it would be better if they could give it a different mode that works on light instead, so that way you can use like a laser pointer or those tiny light pens. that would give much better accuracy in my opinion. since that way it wont mistake the shadow from your hand as 30 touch points if you don't have good lighting in your room http://ssandler.wordpress.com/MTmini/ here is how the one i did looks (that + 2 desk lamp (each with a small 5-6 watt night light fixes the problem with random shadows ) so far i cant really find anything useful for this but it is a good time waster if your bored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Yeah, I saw this, I wanted to try it, but remembered I dont have a webcam thats not built into my computer, or a box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.vangehugten Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I think I'm going to try this in the weekend, thanks for the light-tip. Also, should the box be as high as yours Razor 512? It would be nice if the box had only a little hight so it would be easier to put it on your desk :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted May 22, 2008 Author Share Posted May 22, 2008 it can by any height as long as the cam can stay in focus then it will be good, (a slight blur is not bad but you want to keep it in focus as much as possible, the better the focus on the camera is, the smaller the box can be, also know that the closer the paper is to the cam, the smaller the workspace on the top of box ) i would have used a smaller box but i didn't have one that was a good size. the small ones were way too small and the large ones were too large so i used this box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 that looks awsome i want one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phredsir Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 cool I have to try that if only there was a way to make it smaller like a desktop model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.vangehugten Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 You could make a hole into your desk?:P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webjockey Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 You could make a hole into your desk?:P I don't have any room. its filled with my computer screen, speakers, keyboard, printer, joystick, iPod, mouse (and mouse charger) and a whole load of crap that I should probably tidy away (read: throw away) sometime. Also danged vista doesn't recognise my really old webcam that was from the Windows 98 (SE) days. Can't blame Vista really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 You need a webcam with a macro mode and a wide angle lense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim.vangehugten Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 You need a webcam with a macro mode and a wide angle lense. Could this also be done manually? I mean: use your "normal" webcam and buy a certain lense and place it in fron of the webcam's eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VisiV Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Did you do anything special for the Logitech QuickCam I see you used? I"m having difficulty getting it going. DSVL_config.xml <camera input_device="WDM_CAP" frame_width="320" frame_height="240" frame_rate="30.0" show_format_dialog="true" friendly_name="Logitech QuickCam Express"> nvm, upon reviewing the xml file i'm guessing i had something in the wrong place... ran fine now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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