One way to turn a head

Here's a head capture rig I designed and assembled tonight to test the new head tracking system in iPi Mocap Studio.

It came together nicely--the velcro straps fit into the slots in the bicycle helmet and I cut a hole in the foam pad to keep the PS Move's trigger from being pressed--but I'm not sure I can recommend this rig because:

1. To keep the helmet firmly fixed to the head I need to tighten the strap under the neck, which isn't very comfortable for me. I'd much rather have a helmet with an actual chin strap.

2. A bike helmet is too expensive for this purpose and I want to keep using this one as a bike helmet.

This rig will get me started for testing anyway. I'm getting a cheap skateboard helmet in a couple of days but I'm still looking for other options for attaching this thing to my head.

And here are some more sandwiches.
 

Walrus!

Crabby!

Jelly!

Sienna!

- G.

Unboxing the 'Thing-O-Matic'

We got a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic recently. Well, actually we ordered this 'do-it-yourself' 3D printer kit back in March of 2011 but we've been so busy this past year that we didn't get around to opening the box until tonight. Here are some pics from the unboxing:

"One of us, one of us..."

 "Open the box already human!"

 "At times like this, we wish we had opposable thumbs."

"MakerBot inside!"

Installed the software tonight, we start assembly tomorrow!

-Sgt M.