RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Development work with CATIA V5, Sketchup Pro & Cinema 4D
Worked with CATIA V5, Cinema 4D & Sketchup Pro
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
« We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things,
because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. »
Walt Elias DISNEY
LIGHT CUBE TECHNOLOGY
The Light Cube is a lighting entertainment device. It brings new perspectives to water shows.
The cubes has a lighting system and can work individually or in groups. They are controlled by DMX language.
They can dive and rise to the surface in an organized fashion thanks to a descent station placed at depth and four ballasts controlled by a pneumatic system.
The lighting system works with 12V led strips offering an unlimited possibility of installation in any site.
These dimensions are one meter by one meter for 75 centimeters of heights.
Many versions of this concept may exist. A simple surface version, where the cube floats on the surface of the water. Then an intermediate version with the possibility of vertical movements. Finally, one could imagine a multi-axis movement of the light cubes by the rapid ejection control of compressed water.
The design of the Light cube was done with Dassault System’s computer aided design software, Catia V5.
In total, more than 60 hours were needed to draw and assemble virtualy the 120 pieces of this puzzle.
IT CONCEPTION
Each cube has its own electronic system. It includes temperature and humidity sensors to prevent the risk of condensation, a gyroscope to indicate to the dive station the optimal tension for each cable and an micro-SD card recording system.
The connection interface provides DMX lighting information.
The prototype is based on a program written by the creator and put into an Arduino Nano board.
TESTS
All the tests were based in the lake of the City of Betton, under the authorization and support of local elected officials.
An article in the City newspaper has been written on this subject.
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MAPPING NEW TECHNOLOGY
Since the beginning of 2020, I have been working on a new projection technique aimed at illuminating the leaves of a tree.
This work is based on the development of technology for tracking and recognizing projection and shadow zones.
Beyond its use for the world of entertainment (using it for projections on moving objects), this technology can be used in the educational world.
Let’s take a medical student as an example. He’s training on a fake patient. Mapping New Technology would project adaptive computer graphics onto the fake patient based on the student’s manipulations.
PROJECTOR CONCEPTION
To determine the projection area (the element to be illuminated: the actor, the leaves of a tree, etc.) and to monitor it, a new type of laser projector has to be designed : the PYROPLOSE EYE.
It must include sensors for determining the position and scale of the projection surface.
It is coupled with an intelligent program (AI) for anticipating surface movement to improve processing and latency speed.