VR Testing
We tested the Oculus Rift S VR headset today, it works perfectly. The stitching software is very bad, but there are better pieces of software out there.
Tag: vr
Analysing last year’s footage
In last year’s footage, you can see that the balloon does a 720 flip. At this altitude, the atmosphere is very rarefied, and so there is very little drag or air resistance. This is why the parachute does not open.
Balancing the payload with the two cameras
In order for our balloon to function on both the ascent and descent, we need balance. This is similar to freight aeroplanes, for example the B5 SuperGalaxy (below) needs to have
exact centre of mass calculations done to balance the plane in the air.
The below calculations work out where in the payload each camera will have to be placed to achieve balance. The heavier 360 camera (Kanda Qoocam) will have to be closer to the centre than the lighter gimbal camera. To explain simply, if a heavy person sits an equal distance from a light person on a seesaw, the lighter person will inevitably rise – but if you sit the heavier person closer to the pivotal point in the seesaw, and sit the ligher person further away, the leverage force (moment) will cause the heavier person’s side to rise. We caclulated that the heavier camera needs to be 4cm from the side of the payload box.
