Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Fun Goggles

Today started off as usual, with the morning meeting. We really didn't talk much so we all just went to our lab. Once in the lab we tried calibrating the tapes from yesterday only to find that the tracks were terrible. Mine was the only one that was somewhat decent but I even ended up re-shooting my video.

So Jane, Aj, and I spent the morning fooling around with Iscan and the mobile eye tracker trying to get good tracks. Aj's and mine were the only two we eventually got to work. It took FOREVER to calibrate the tapes because things of course kept going wrong. The screen kept getting really bright so we couldn't see the calibration points. We finally figured out the problem but it still took awhile to find the correct power supply cable.

We went to lunch at the seminar thing and had some free pizza for lunch again. And boy can the guys in the lab eat a lot of pizza!! I swear they must have devoured a whole sheet pizza by themselves. A little bit before lunch and afterwards Jon, Nick, and Andy pulled out some cool "beer goggle" things but they are used more to correct a lazy eye in children. However, they distort your vision and shift it to the right. It was hilarious to see them try to catch a ball because they would miss or throw way off. Jon even wore his all through the seminar- I'm not quite sure how he was able to see anything.

After the seminar I digitized and coded the tape I made earlier. It was actually good practice once you get the hang of it and when the technology actually
cooperates.

Oh and in one of the times I wasn't doing much I won a game of Hearts for the first time I think and got a high score in Pinball!! Haha don't worry I was actually only playing games for less than a half hour today, and the rest of the time I was actually working.

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