New day. Firstly, we prepare the installation of the projectors. To do this, we first fit the projector holders to the projectors. Then the first projector is mounted. One thing we can say in advance. The overhead work left us with sore muscles the next day. Maybe we should do more sport... ;-)
Historically, we have a system of black profiles on the ceiling. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, the ceiling is so high that we needed a kind of platform to fix the projectors at a suitable height. Secondly, we didn't have much of an idea at the beginning where the projectors would end up. We wanted to remain flexible. Another argument is our lightweight ceiling. It consists of thin panels. From a structural point of view, we wanted to distribute the weight of the projectors over a larger area.Firstly, we install the central projector. We pay particular attention to good alignment and clean centring. The view to the front should be as perfect as possible. Once the device has been mounted, we continue with the left-facing projector. It is important that the projectors have sufficient intersection over the entire vertical axis. Ideally, this should be around 30 cm. This intersection is crucial for the subsequent warping.
By the way:
There are two types of projector behaviour. Some are recognised by the computer even when they are switched off. The others are not. Unfortunately, ours are not recognised, which means that they have to be switched on even during simple software maintenance, otherwise the screen layout may be lost.
There are two types of projector behaviour. Some are recognised by the computer even when they are switched off. The others are not. Unfortunately, ours are not recognised, which means that they have to be switched on even during simple software maintenance, otherwise the screen layout may be lost.
Finally, there are three reasonably aligned projectors hanging from the ceiling and our body workout is coming to an end. We are very curious and start the simulator, even without warping. How cool is that? We now recognise grass on the ground. And birds in the air!
We will need to sort and arrange the cables. In the next blog post, we will look at the calculation of the visual and the calibration.
We'll have to take this opportunity to talk about the so-called "parallax problem" soon!