Fixed GUI

Hello! We managed to finish the "Getting Started" of our AR project - BUT there is not much AR features for the first few steps because the user would still need to start up the machine by pressing different kinds of buttons or turning some kind of knob. For the animations we used Adobe After Effects, as we were unable to animate 2D images in Creo Illustrate which I mention last week! And with such fancy Control Panel that Khai made, we also have to make our text box & buttons look as nice and user friendly as possible. First we started of with green 3D-ish design, it didn't have that WOW-factor we were was looking for, and it looked kinda out of place? Hence, we opt for a MINIMALISTIC design, black background with white text - it would be visible where ever I point the camera to.

Despite all of the animations of the control panel and design of the textboxes, I went to do a simple splash screen with out team name & logo on it - DV Deviant. Probably the boys and I love the Detroit: Become Human game tooooooo much we got inspired by it! We also got the font idea from there too!! hehe #detriotbecomehuman

With all these png & gif files, it took up alot of space on our Vuforia Studio, hence when we tried to demonstrate it on the tablet, it was super laggy. We will try to compress the image file without disrupting the quality, and we will update you on our results!

We also had a smol discussion with Mr David on friday. So, in summary, we wanted to try out the following to further enhance the user's experience.

- Add Menu bar & Sub Operations

So basically, what it means is that the user would have the freedom of choice to select which operations they wanna start with. Let's just say this user is done with setting up the tools, and he/she decides to go home. The following day, the user would still be able to start with where he/she left off.

-Add Loading bar/indicator

To let the user know how much more steps are there in the operations.

With that being said, next week would be very hectic for us, and we will keep you updated as always. :) And i'll see you next week hehe

Ashley

Style and Create - Inventor & Illustrator

Our next presentation is in about a weeks time, can you believe how quickly time has flown by? This time around, we will be presenting to our co-supervisor, Ms. Wong. Prior to that, the team has made some changes to the user interface - we made changes in the text box, buttons and control panel. Since then, we have updated and created a fixed system to follow through for the next few steps.

Once we've sketched out our storyboard on paper, then we moved on to crafting them on Adobe Illustrator. Here are some examples and how we evolved from our first design to our current final.

On top of that, I'm a step ahead as I have completed creating some tools on Auto CAD Inventor too. Some of the tools I've crafted was - the hammer, lever, gauge, tool setter and tool #1. Crafting the tool was the hardest as it has very intricate designs and measurements that are delicate and precise.

I've tried multiple attempts to recreate the exact tool, however, due to its fine details, it was difficult for me to craft it. In other words, the tool drill bit has very fine drill teeth whereby I had difficulty recreating them. So as advised by Mr. Sufian, he suggested that I could just create the outline of the tool and try it on Vuforia View to see if there are any outcomes. With his guidance, I hope Vuforia View is able to detect all the tools even without the tool details.

I understand, sometimes the struggle is real when recreating intricate details. You're trying to make it detectable - okay, maybe being detailed is a plus. But I hope you'll keep trying and keep going! You just gotta have a lot of patience and get inspired from all around you!