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HOUSE RULES
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...
Virtual Reality
What do we have? We currently have the following headsets and other Virtual Reality (VR) equipment available at CCI: Headsets: Meta Quest 3 Valve Index VR headset Vive Pro 2 Wireless Vive Focus 3 VR controllers: 4x Vive Pro 2 controllers 2x Vive Index ('K...
VR trackers
The Dark Lab has Virtual Reality motion tracking set up in both main truss grid area and the VR corner, making pretty much the entire lab trackable using our 'Vive VR trackers'. These are little plastic things that you can attach to whatever you want to track...
Projectors
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...
DMX Stage Lights
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...
3D scanning
splatting grammetry lidar structured light See 3D scanning workshop PPT folder For Photogrammetry, install: - iOS: ‘RealityScan’ ‘polycam’ ‘PhotoCatch’ - Android: ‘RealityScan’or ‘polycam’ - Windows: ‘RealityCapture’, ‘MeshRoom’ or Postshot for splatting - Ma...
Sound System
Dark Lab Sound System Feel welcome to come in and enjoy - but please DO NOT bother other people! Be respectful of others in the Lab and of any classes next door. Feel free to use the sound system whenever the lab is empty, or perhaps come in on a weeken...
MIDI controllers
DJ Controller
SADLY, THIS DEVICE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT CCI! 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! - a...
Leap Motion Controller (hand & finger tracking)
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...
Cameras and tripods
86" Touchscreen Display
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...
DMX Lighting Desk (or how to easily adjust the lights!)
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...
Spatial Reality Displays (3D with head-tracking)
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 ...
Meta Quest 3 VR/MR headset
Meta's Quest 3 is an all-in-one standalone VR / MR headset, running on Android. It can do untethered wireless Virtual Reality (or PCVR through a USB-C cable), but also Mixed Reality using its 'passthrough cameras' that let you see the real world while wearing...
Microsoft Kinect (body motion sensor / depth camera)
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 ...