Idea proposal

Idea proposal

unit-57 idea proposal is to basically create something something using LED's and program it using an Arduino.  I started of by looking at examples of images created by using LED's but I found although they are quite visually appealing there not quite interesting enough.

I wanted to create something that's more of a physical object as apposed to a 2D image.
So I started looking into 3D LED visuals. The first thing I saw I immediately fell in love with and I wanted to try and recreate. When I first saw the 3D LED cube's I knew it was going to be hard to recreate but not impossible. After a bit of research I found there were loads of basic tutorials which I could follow and although it would be time consuming it was pretty strait forward.

Another thing I found with the 3D LED cubes is that your not quite so limited as to what you can do. For example you can create 3D images as apposed to just the basic 2D images. You can also create
3D Videos with right coding, a little help from an Arduino and the right set of mind.


Here are two examples. The first being a video clip of a 2D LED video and the second being a 3D LED video.

As you can see there is a big difference between the two and I find the 3D a lot more visually appealing. Which is why im choosing to do a 3D cube and not just another 2D image.


I then decided to make my 3D LED cube editable by webcam. Meaning if I was to swipe my hand across the webcam the colour would change and mimic the hand movement. This would be the hardest part but once again not impossible. There are a fair few tutorials I might be able to follow.

After deciding want I wanted to make I got right to work on planning my LED cube. I started off by drawing up a very basic sketch of my cube. This sketch I would then use to refer back to when creating my cube.

sketch / plan