Monday, 28 April 2008

The Component List

For this project we will need:

4-5 x Remote Control Cars on different frequencies
A colour camera: to track the R/C cars on the play surface
A Projector
A coloured play surface to be projected on, and cars to move on (yet to be decided on shape and colour/material)
Software: Max MSP, Processing, Flash, Java, Shockwaves
Paint: to cover the cars with an individual colour
Boarders: A physical barrier that allows the cars to bounce off of and a projected boarder to warn players
Speakers: To provide Sound FXs and atmospheric music

After doing a little research, R/C cars in the UK only come in two frequencies, 27MHz and 40MHz. This means only two remote controlled cars can play at the same time. In order to increase the number of players to 4 or 5 at a time, removable frequency band crystals may need to be used. This increases the number of channels available to six. But only higher end cars tend to have this ability. This will be researched more.

2-3 Removable frequency band crystals
Servos: To immobilise the cars when player loses

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