Mitchell McKenna - tagged with lightsaber http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com Jedi Ninjas http://mitchmckenna.com/post/10589/jedi-ninjas-ft-team2x

Jedi Ninjas was developed as a passion project to recreate the current style of Star Wars action seen in video games into live action. This style often combines elements of Force powers with the use lightsaber combat. As there are no upcoming live action Star Wars movies to this date, this was a project to make many of the fans' dreams into a reality.

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:14:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/10589/jedi-ninjas-ft-team2x/jedi-ninjas-ft-team2x Real time lightsaber on the Kinect on PC http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8693/real-time-lightsaber-on-the-kinect-on-pc

Proof of concept of tracking and rendering a lightsaber in real time using a Kinect hooked up to a PC. Imagine the possibilities.

Best viewed in fullscreen 480p. I track a wooden stick and I overlay the light glow on the computer. Drivers using OpenKinect, image processing, tracking, and rendering using OpenCV. Audio recorded and processed using Audacity and played using libao.

]]> Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:45:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8693/real-time-lightsaber-on-the-kinect-on-pc/real-time-lightsaber-on-the-kinect-on-pc Just Before Dark http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5770/just-before-dark

"Will the end of an afternoon bring new hope for romance... or will something unexpected force them apart?"

Directed by: Timothy Kendall

Written by: Chris Marrs

Starring: Erin Cahill Chris Marrs Mark Labbato

Cinematography by: Florian Stadler

Produced by: Tedd Asbille

]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:10:00 -0500 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/5770/just-before-dark/just-before-dark Chad Vader Breaks the Internet http://mitchmckenna.com/post/4326/chad-vader-breaks-the-internet

Chad, in an attempt to force BlogWorld to accept him, breaks the internet. He contacts 3 famous new media experts to help him out.

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