HUGE NEWS!
Thanks to Crystal Space , I now have a 3d engine. Crystal Space is amazing, its cross platform like java. You can make a video game on Linux then port it to windows, playstation 2, Xbox, Macintosh, and Unix. Crystal Space is incredible.
Not only do I have a 3d engine now, but I am using Linux. Linux is amazingly coder friendly. Windows trys to obfuscate its code so no one can write programs in its language(monopolistic capitalism). In Linux, everything is shared and people are helpful. I am using Camstream: code designed to capture images on a web cam and upload them via FTP. I modified the code, now it transfers images into the 3d engine!.
My biggest obsticles to continuing the project are out of the way. I'm looking forward to learning more about image detection and feature recognition on computer vision. I need to learn how to network cameras together in order to have cameras merge their sight together. I need to get faster hardware so it can be done in real time. But I need more basic information about image detection first.
I decided to write a video game to step me in the right direction. RocketSword is the name. You play a super hero who has two swords, and they can be rocket powered to help you slash, or lift the guy in the air. To play, you have two colored sticks, and the computer is to track them as swords for the in game character. If you press a button on one of the swords, it fires the thruster out of the back of the sword and projects your guy in 3d space. You have two swords, so the vector math can get complex and fun :) Also, you have the plain slashes that come with swords. It seems like it will be a fun game, and all it needs is one camera to watch your guy.
I'll learn the basics when coding this game, and maybe make some money to fund the next system of cameras. Its a good step to take in the journey to true AI. It seems really fun and I am optimistic about doing it.
