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Virtual Imaging Peripheral for Enhanced Reality. Aaron Garrett, Ryan Hannah, Justin Huffaker , Brendon McCool. Abstract.
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Virtual Imaging Peripheral for Enhanced Reality Aaron Garrett, Ryan Hannah, Justin Huffaker, Brendon McCool
Abstract Our project, code named Virtual Imaging Peripheral for Enhanced Reality or VIPER, is an augmented/virtual reality system. It will track a user’s head location and perspective and use this information to find the location of a camera position in a virtual environment. With a pair of video glasses the user would then see the virtual environment at the cameras location. As the user moves around a table top sized environment their actual and virtual perspective changes, allowing them different viewing angles of the virtual space.
Project-Specific Success Criteria • The ability to communicate time stamp data using RF between the base unit and head unit. • The ability to display images to the video glasses. • The ability to calculate estimate of angle and position of head unit using accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass. • An ability to find angle displacement of head relative to IR beacon origin using glasses mounted camera. • An ability to find distance from base to head unit using ultrasonic emitter and receiver.
Beacon Board Functionality • Transmit Ultrasonic Pulses to Head unit • Transmit Timestamps via Xbee module • Control IR LED • Power Requirements
Optical Isolator (4n35) Protect digital components High speed to handle 40kHz PWM output from PIC – 40kHz
Optical Isolator (4n35) Protect digital components High speed to handle 40kHz Op-amp circuit amplifies signal to 12v to drive ultrasonic transmitter PWM output from PIC – 40kHz
Ultrasonic Transmitter Optical Isolator (4n35) Protect digital components High speed to handle 40kHz Op-amp circuit amplifies signal to 12v to drive ultrasonic transmitter PWM output from PIC – 40kHz
Ultrasonic Transmitter Optical Isolator (4n35) Protect digital components High speed to handle 40kHz Op-amp circuit amplifies signal to 12v to drive ultrasonic transmitter IR LED Beacon PWM output from PIC – 40kHz
Serial communication between PIC/Xbee sends timestamp to head unit
Head Unit Functionality • Retrieve IR beacon data from camera module • Receive ultrasonic pulse • Gather data from sensor suite • Pass data via USB to microprocessor
Pixel Clock, Vertical Sync, Horizontal Sync
External Clock from controller Pixel Clock, Vertical Sync, Horizontal Sync
External Clock from controller Pixel Clock, Vertical Sync, Horizontal Sync Byte representation of pixel (grayscale)
External Clock from controller Two Wire Interface for programming module Pixel Clock, Vertical Sync, Horizontal Sync Byte representation of pixel (grayscale)
External Clock from controller Two Wire Interface for programming module Pixel Clock, Vertical Sync, Horizontal Sync Byte representation of pixel (grayscale) SPI interface for communicating with PIC
JTAG Headers IDC 3 Interface
Regulated external source Switch from USB power to external source
Gyroscope Accelerometer Magnetometer