Re: [Flightgear-devel] Home built projectors

2006-11-01 Thread Tim Moore
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Wojnaroski wrote: > > Have also been experimenting with curved reflective surfaces trying to > remove/reduce the distortions caused by mapping a 3D world onto a 2D > plane. Idea is to project an image onto the surface and then reflect it > ont

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Home built projectors

2006-11-01 Thread John Wojnaroski
It was :-) Moving FG over to OSG raises the possibility of creating a multi-screen system with a single machine using a dual-headed video card in the AGP slot and one or more PCI graphics cards. I messed around with the idea a few months ago and had three monitors on a single machine with a ve

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Home built projectors

2006-11-01 Thread Curtis Olson
On 11/1/06, John Wojnaroski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Of course some of us work for universities with nice research budgets tobuy all sorts of high end gearOn the outside chance that was directed at me I'll just reply that I wish more of that budget was spent on salaries instead of simulator gear.

[Flightgear-devel] Home built projectors

2006-11-01 Thread John Wojnaroski
You can build a "poor man projector" using an old AV viewgraph machine and cannabilizing an old 15" LCD glass panel. It is a bit tricky getting the glass separated from the frame and enclosure. The leads are very thin and you need to watch the heat build up from the viewgraph lamp; if success