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* Semi-transparent with lights underneath. (Disco floor pooltable!) |
* Semi-transparent with lights underneath. (Disco floor pooltable!) |
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** Thick Acrylic instead of slate and white felt? Note that slate is commonly used "due to its thermal stability and chemical inertness" --[[Wikipedia:Slate]]. Can acrylic compare? |
** Thick Acrylic instead of slate and white felt? Note that slate is commonly used "due to its thermal stability and chemical inertness" --[[Wikipedia:Slate]]. Can acrylic compare? |
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Some effects could be achieved simply with a projector from above, rather than permenent designs in the table felt itself? (noting that projectors are usually not in the 1:2 ratio that pool tables are) |
Some effects could be achieved simply with a projector from above, rather than permenent designs in the table felt itself? (noting that projectors are usually not in the 1:2 ratio that pool tables are) |
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Another variation in play would be to use weighted balls. Basically - think of lawn bowls. Weighted balls would need to be visually marked appropriately, and would allow for the possibility of non-spin based curved rolling paths. |
Another variation in play would be to use weighted balls. Basically - think of lawn bowls. Weighted balls would need to be visually marked appropriately, and would allow for the possibility of non-spin based curved rolling paths. |
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| + | * [http://web.mit.edu/storborg/ddf/ Disco dance floor - could be used for the table?] |
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| + | * [Microsoft Surface To detect objects] |
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Revision as of 12:28, 13 March 2008
Everybody should be familair with Pool Tables. (or Billiard Tables).
Big rectangle. Green felt. Holes in the corners and in the middle of the long edges. A bunch of small solid balls. A study of dynamic physics.
Now it has occured to me that there are a few ways that this basic concept can be expanded upon and played with...
The Table
In more recent years, I've seen a trend in some clubs and high-end tables to have alternately coloured felt. Royal blue, white/cream, grey...
Recently I saw a table with a simple blue/white pattern (half each), and I got to thinking...
Designs for pooltables
- Geometric symbols, designs and equations
- Optical illusions (especially the ones that make parallel lines look curved or appear to be non-parallel)
- Semi-transparent with lights underneath. (Disco floor pooltable!)
- Thick Acrylic instead of slate and white felt? Note that slate is commonly used "due to its thermal stability and chemical inertness" --Wikipedia:Slate. Can acrylic compare?
- Detect the location of the balls and 'display' stuff on the table appropriately. (eg: ripples). This could be done either from above (projector) or below?
Some effects could be achieved simply with a projector from above, rather than permenent designs in the table felt itself? (noting that projectors are usually not in the 1:2 ratio that pool tables are)
The balls
Another variation in play would be to use weighted balls. Basically - think of lawn bowls. Weighted balls would need to be visually marked appropriately, and would allow for the possibility of non-spin based curved rolling paths.
Links
- Disco dance floor - could be used for the table?
- [Microsoft Surface To detect objects]
