Since my last post was in October, I've decided I'm the worst blogger ever.
Despite this, many interesting developments have kept me busy. I'm deeply in broiled in a project to monetize my Touch Table work. In an effort to drop cost and ensure a top notch product, I've been doing a lot of testing and development with cameras, illumination and lenses. Unfortunately, I can't post this information quite yet.
However, if you're reading this, you're probably hoping for the camera summary I promised back in October. I'm more than happy to share my findings, the results just aren't in a happy, postable document currently.
I will say this, resolution to frame rate are certainly key. I'm not done with the HD camera market, however, I'm using a 640x480 camera with a 100fps framerate for my build these days. This is primarily a place holder till a higher resolution camera can fill its shoes. My ideal is a 1024x1024 (or greater in either dimension) 100fps camera operating over usb3.0. Point Grey and Natural Point both have future offerings which may fill this need. It will be a different world for those of us who are looking to handle small objects in addition to solid finger/gesture tracking.
I'll be back and post more. It just may be awhile.
