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Basic Motion Detection

So, i cracked motion detection in its simplest form! There is a comparison of the frames and where movement occurs, it is highlighted in red! +/- Boundries are set to prevent the cameras performance hindering the motion detection (pixel flickering,…
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Motion Detection

As previously stated, im currently working towards an effective and efficient implementation of my own Motion Detection algorithmn within the HomeView Application. At the moment things are changing quite rapidly and dynamically, Bitmap.SetPixel was too slow to be used appropriately,…
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FYP Update

Having finally synchronized the video and audio, the final prototyping required is the motion detection. After doing some initial performance tests, it takes roughly half a second to compare every pixel in two 360 x 360 frames (as bitmap). With…
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Animex 2012: Day 5 Last Day! :(

Last day of Animex 2012! Great talks regarding stereoscopy and 3D films his morning featuring a formula! And an inspiring talk regarding tax breaks in the creative industries which are much needed! Curtis job lungs, Max howard and Sherlock Holmes…
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Animex 2012: Day 4 Awesome Talks and a Great Networking Session

Despite being a little disappointed at the ratio of talkers to people who wanted to talk to them on Monday. Todays Animex Lounge session was awesome! Double the amount of talkers including those from Monday gave me an excellent opportunity…
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Animex 2012: Day 4 Animex Talk

Admittedly, this isn’t as relevant but I still find the animation side of animex really interesting! Ever since Who framed tiger rabbit and toy story I’ve always had a look of awe when I see character animation and lifelike environments…
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Animex 2012: Day 3 Alex Trowers Workshop

Wow, what a day it has been. As a team called ‘Naughty Kids at the back’ (Oh yeah 🙂 ), we iteratively designed and tested a small game called ‘Booty’ which turned out to be a real success… So much…
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Animex 2012: Day 3 Workshops!

I’ll be attending the Alex Trowers workshop “Is it fun?” today! I’m really looking forward to seeing what wisdom I can take away from this 🙂 Plus Alex is an awsome guy anyway!

 
 

Trendnet security cam flaw exposes video feeds on net

Well today just keeps getting better (in a sense). Obviously, this is not great news for the people that use the system, but, what I considered as a main competitor for my final year project has had a significant security…
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Animex 2012: Day 2 The Valve Finale

So, I’m at the end of Animex Game 🙁 I was pleasantly surprised by Alistair Mcilwains lecture into the indie/mobile gaming market! I really enjoyed it. Now we’re gearing up for the Valve game double bill! Sad that the game…
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