3/30/2017 Blog 6: Working with processing, dealing with Screen Mirroring App and Connecting Arduino with Processing.

This week, we managed to make great progress on our holographic map that is now dedicated to represent buildings in 3 dimension as a hologram. First and foremost, we succeeded in arranging the shapes created in Processing into the arrangement we wanted. This new configuration of the shapes would allow us to utilize the holographic projector to turn it into a simulation of a hologram. Moreover, we also succeeded in connecting the Arduino and the potentiometer to the computer. The potentiometer would allow an user to have a certain control on the holographic map. We also added textures to the shapes that are generated via Processing. For instance, we were able to attach images of textures of walls and windows to Processing. Through the potentiometer and Arduino, we are also able to control how much of the mapped building is shown in the Hologram. Lastly, we were successful in mirroring the computer screen to my Ipad using Duet. Though we were able to accomplish these tasks, we did face several challenges over the course of our work on the project. For example, we sometimes had trouble finding the right coordinates for our shapes in Processing. Furthermore, we had to make extensive research on the web about the codes and scripts we wanted to include due to our inexperience with Processing. We also had some issues with the Arduino, as it could not be detected by the computer due to a lack of driver for it in the system. Thankfully, most of these issues were solved with relative ease. Next week, we plan to continue in improving our project and hopefully be done soon.