Hi everyone,
I'm doing preliminary research for the idea of the device that would draw the figure skating shapes onto the ice. There are few ideas and bunch of questions I hope someone can shed a light onto.
There are two setups I think about:
So my questions are:
For the second – larger curves and shapes (can't post a link, google for "moves in the field usfsa") needed to be shown across the whole field. This option will allow to mount large system on the ceiling of the ice rink, and to have external power supply. I guess this is similar to typical laser show tasks (which I'm not very familiar with, unfortunately), and perhaps it's just a question of programming existing laser show setups? If so, where do I start looking or reading about?
Thanks in advance, and feel free to point out any other important things I'm missing here.
I'm doing preliminary research for the idea of the device that would draw the figure skating shapes onto the ice. There are few ideas and bunch of questions I hope someone can shed a light onto.
There are two setups I think about:
- Portable laser setup placed ~1m above the ice (on a tripod), projecting a circle (or set of circles) on the ice.
- Large laser system mounted on the top (ceiling), that can project circles or any custom shapes on the ice across whole field (60x30m).
So my questions are:
- What are the best options here to draw a circle? Mirror motor, aperture grating, anything else?
- What are the options for more complex shapes (than a circle)?
- What wavelength are best suited for this? (Green I suppose, for visibility?)
- How to calculate needed power, so it doesn't look dim and not melting the ice? Or any educated guess?
- Are there existing set ups that can do that already, or it should be custom set up?
- Any other ideas/suggestions where to start with this project? (is it even doable with current state of tech?)
For the second – larger curves and shapes (can't post a link, google for "moves in the field usfsa") needed to be shown across the whole field. This option will allow to mount large system on the ceiling of the ice rink, and to have external power supply. I guess this is similar to typical laser show tasks (which I'm not very familiar with, unfortunately), and perhaps it's just a question of programming existing laser show setups? If so, where do I start looking or reading about?
Thanks in advance, and feel free to point out any other important things I'm missing here.