Okay, now to have fun.
Assuming you've loaded the drivers, tested the missile launcher and webcam before you started this little adventure...you did, didn't you?
Plug the USB cables in and then start your webcam and missile launcher applications.
Now if anyone can come up with an API to talk directly to the Missile Launcher, we could mate it with the motion detection software I have loaded above, and have it automatically fire at anything that comes within detection range. Nyah, ah, ah.
The following file reference is a video recorded with my Ricoh Caplio RR-1 digital camera. It seems the wily Japanese programmers record in a Quicktime format, but type the file as AVI. Which means that if you double click on the AVI file, Windows Media Player loses it's mind (what little it had) and will not play it. Instead to see the little beasty in action, you will have to Right-Click/Save Link As and download the file to your hard drive. Once downloaded, you will have to start Quicktime manually. Then do a File/Open and navigate to wherever you saved the file (you paid attention to where that was didn't you?). The file can then be played. Don't forget to duck.
UPDATE: Safari users will have no trouble clicking on the video file to play it, even the PC version.
I'll convert the file to another more friendly format ASAP. I tried a quick conversion to DivX, but the converter barfed due to a non-standard audio stream.
Thank you for playing, and I challenge anyone to come up with a USB yaw and pitch camera control for less than the $39.95 I spent.
Copyright © Curt Rostenbach 2007