Sing Pong: the technology

The main hardware requirements for the development of Sing Pong include a web camera, a USB external sound card, a projector, two wireless microphones, and a PC. The programming tool used to develop the game is Macromedia Director/Lingo. Two Xtras for director, Fast Fourier Transform Xtra (FFT) and TrackThemColors Pro Xtra (TTC), are used for auditory analysis and computer vision respectively.

The projector is placed around five meters away from the screen, and a web camera is placed around two meters above the projector. Two mats are placed on the floor one meter in front of the screen to define each performer’s zone. A round mat is positioned between these two mats. Standing on this round mat makes the player’s shadow appear in the middle of the screen and initialises the game.

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Copyright 2004 Sama'a Al Hashimi & Sumetha Nagalingam