underwaterview
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Hi all,
I’m working on a community project and wondered if I could ask for a bit of guidance from a group of people much smarter than I in this area. The project is a bit different from normal hence I’m wanting to line things up before jumping into the deep end.
The community group I’m helping works with kids teaching them to swim and do water based sports. I can’t help a lot with most of it but I can help in the tech side I figure. What I’d like to do is basically build a low cost version of this (it shows competitive use but were looking at it as a learning and engagement tool for kids):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh9UFeN98js
Its two cameras, one above the water and one below that have their feeds combined in real time to create a single picture for coaches and kids to be able to watch, record and play back what they are doing both below and above the water. The idea is it helps them to learn faster and is more engaging.
The aim is easy to use and low cost.
My thinking so far is to use an older all-in-one with a touch screen as the brains, screen and touch interface. This would be connected to two webcams positioned as needed (with waterproof domes). Run windows 10 using the camera app (simple to record and playback was my thinking).
The work flow would be:
Cameras-->OBS Studio (Crop images and combine)-->OBS-VirtualCam-->Windows 10 Camera app-->view/record/playback
There’s no streaming and no net connection.
My questions are:
1) Is this the right process/setup/programs to use or is there a better way to achieve this?
2) Any suggestions on cameras? I was wondering if I should use two Logitech C930e’s due to the on board processing. Is this the right approach though or are there cameras that would be better to use?
3) Current thinking on all-in-on is Samsung DP700A3D. Specs are here http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/pcs/DP700A3D-A01US-specs does this look sufficient, overkill or under powered? Its older but has a good size screen and what looks like reasonable specs at a low cost.
Any suggestions or advice greatly appreciated.
Ideally I’d love to create a wireless battery powered pool side system linking to a tablet, but baby steps.
Thanks
I’m working on a community project and wondered if I could ask for a bit of guidance from a group of people much smarter than I in this area. The project is a bit different from normal hence I’m wanting to line things up before jumping into the deep end.
The community group I’m helping works with kids teaching them to swim and do water based sports. I can’t help a lot with most of it but I can help in the tech side I figure. What I’d like to do is basically build a low cost version of this (it shows competitive use but were looking at it as a learning and engagement tool for kids):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh9UFeN98js
Its two cameras, one above the water and one below that have their feeds combined in real time to create a single picture for coaches and kids to be able to watch, record and play back what they are doing both below and above the water. The idea is it helps them to learn faster and is more engaging.
The aim is easy to use and low cost.
My thinking so far is to use an older all-in-one with a touch screen as the brains, screen and touch interface. This would be connected to two webcams positioned as needed (with waterproof domes). Run windows 10 using the camera app (simple to record and playback was my thinking).
The work flow would be:
Cameras-->OBS Studio (Crop images and combine)-->OBS-VirtualCam-->Windows 10 Camera app-->view/record/playback
There’s no streaming and no net connection.
My questions are:
1) Is this the right process/setup/programs to use or is there a better way to achieve this?
2) Any suggestions on cameras? I was wondering if I should use two Logitech C930e’s due to the on board processing. Is this the right approach though or are there cameras that would be better to use?
3) Current thinking on all-in-on is Samsung DP700A3D. Specs are here http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/pcs/DP700A3D-A01US-specs does this look sufficient, overkill or under powered? Its older but has a good size screen and what looks like reasonable specs at a low cost.
Any suggestions or advice greatly appreciated.
Ideally I’d love to create a wireless battery powered pool side system linking to a tablet, but baby steps.
Thanks