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We welcome everyone to the Dark Lab! The Lab is currently open to anyone (within term time). All we need to keep it that way are some simple, yet important rules: (0) Feel free to come in, and plug in! we welcome everyone during building opening hours, within...

In the Lab We have a selection of video projectors available for use in the Dark Lab. Some of them are permanently mounted in the truss grid - those are ready for you to use! If you would like to project anywhere else in the Lab, please ask a Dark Lab techni...

What is DMX? DMX (Digital Multiplex), aka DMX512, is the industry standard protocol for controlling lighting and effects in clubs, theatres and tons of other places. At its core, DMX data consists of a list of 512 numbers, each between 0 and 255, usually ref...

Dark Lab Sound System How to plug in? We currently have 4 speakers and two subwoofers set up. This gives us either left / right stereo in both Area 1 and Area 2, four channel surround from either area's PCs, or stereo inputs doubled up into all four speakers....

How to use the Numark NS7-III The NS7 is a DJ controller with a built-in mixer. It relies on a laptop running DJ software, connected over USB. It is a quite capable device though! - and permanently hooked up to the Dark Lab sound system. To use it, simply: ~ ...

The 'Leap Motion Controller 2' is a little usb-connected hand & finger tracking device made by Ultraleap. The original version was (partly) intended to add hand tracking to VR headsets, but quickly became very popular for hand / gesture interaction in genera...

Viewsonic 86" 4K multi-touch display The Dark Lab has been outfitted with a large, two meter wide multi-touch screen. It has a built-in drawing app for sketching and (groupwise) ideation, but you can also plug in your computer and use it for touch-based inter...

Turning on the lights, and the DMX controller Use the mains power switches on the wall behind the DJ / lighting bench to turn on the lights. Some fans should come on, and the 'moving heads' will move for a second while they calibrate. The ON/OFF switch of t...

Our Acer Spatial Labs displays are one type of 'holographic' or spatial reality displays that we have at CCI. (see 'Looking Glass' for the other kind) These are glasses-free 3D displays with built-in head tracking, allowing you to view things in full 3D from ...

What is it? Microsoft Kinect V2 is a full-body motion sensor originally released for XBox One game consoles and PCs. It has an RGB colour camera, an infrared night-vision camera, a microphone array that can detect which direction sounds are coming from - and ...