Coolest. Gaming Set-up. Evar.

[OnlineDM]

I've just gotten my hands on a 2,500 lumens projector, and the map that it projects seems to be plenty visible in normal light (though my particular projector needs more resolution, sigh).

 

[OnlineDM]

JDragon - that's great information, thank you! It sounds like there's still going to be a lot of custom metalworking involved. I'm not sure how good I'll be at that, but I'm willing to give it a go. And yes, if you can get some pictures up, that would be great!

 

[Steel_Wind]

Get a projector mount off of ebay for about $20-$30. No custom metal work required.

 

[OnlineDM]

@Steel_Wind: Thanks! I had pretty much arrived at that conclusion thanks to falcarrion in the other thread about my setup - he provided some very helpful pictures. So much to learn!

 

[FoxWander]

(This is a cross-post, slightly edited to make more sense, from OnlineDM's portable projector setup thread. Falcarrion got a 3M pocket projector that I was very curious to know about because I think it's low lumens might work with my setup- see pic one page back- or the link below. Anyway, I moved this because it's more relevant here. I'm sure others are curious about pico-projectors as well.)

My test so far are not good. The pocket projectors don't have any zoom capabilities. to zoom out you have to move the unit away from the surface.
The farther you move it a way the lower the lumens.
With your setup it may work because of how dark it is above the surface, but you would still need about 2 feet above the table for a decent size projection.

I still have more testing to do. I haven't tried using a mirror to reflect it onto the table yet.

Well, I've got just under 4 feet above the map surface to work with. You posted [edit] above[/edit] so you've probably seen this, but here's the pic of my set up again. That floor lamp in the back (60 watt bulb) is for the DM (the comfy seat at the back) and so we have a little MORE light on the map. If we turned it off it would be pretty dark. (I tried taking a pic with it off and the under-map lights kind of over-expose everything so you can't really see what it's like.) If you can, I'd love to see some pics of your results with the pocket projector to see what it actually looks like.

I think I'll cross post and move this to the other thread cause we're kind of off-topic from OnlineDM's original post.

 

[falcarrion]

Fox,
I'll try and get some pics up tomarrow.
Have you considered lowering the middle table and putting rope lights just under the lip of the table? They may shed enough light for the players to read and roll dice with.

 

[Playsurface]

RPG-ing on a Huge, Low-Cost MultiTouch Table

I hope I am not condemned as a lich-king reviving this long-deceased thread, but I just saw it for the first time now.

Check out this video (Playsurface: Tabletop RPG - YouTube) associated with our touch table kickstarter (Playsurface: The Affordable Multi-Touch Computing Table by Len White — Kickstarter).

It seems to be along the lines of what you guys were working on.

Any suggestions of RPG-related applications we could implement on the Playsurface?

 

[AeroDm]

I hope I am not condemned as a lich-king reviving this long-deceased thread, but I just saw it for the first time now.

Check out this video (Playsurface: Tabletop RPG - YouTube) associated with our touch table kickstarter (Playsurface: The Affordable Multi-Touch Computing Table by Len White — Kickstarter).

It seems to be along the lines of what you guys were working on.

Any suggestions of RPG-related applications we could implement on the Playsurface?

Wow. That is awesome stuff and amazing how far the tech has come in just a few short years. When this thread first started it was more than $1000-1500 for a projector and now we're talking about the same for a tabletop touch surface.

 

[vorp]

I'm one of the Playsurface developers. If anyone has any questions about its functionality here on ENWorld I'd love to field them. There's also a bunch of movies on our Kickstarter home page showing examples of it in action.
It's pretty straightforward to write multi-touch Flash apps for it to do custom gaming stuff as well.
I'm a programmer and a gamer and a (wanna be) fantasy artist so getting Playsurfaces into gaming is a very exciting prospect for me.
Thanks.
-Len

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Welcome to ENWorld!