Challenge #6 - JeffrySG - The Chair

[tobian]

It's hard to say and really it's working having it just be simple, but i guess the only thing is there's no obvious location/method for the signals and or power to be transferred to the screen, and or the mechanism which turns the wheel. Perhaps the support strut needs to show some trunking, even if the actual method is hidden (why would you want exposed wires hehe) and likewise behind the screen. It's puzzling to me how the screen IS powered, though with an interesting article I recently read about how they use pulsed magnetic fields to finally fulfil Tessla's dream of transmitting electricity through the air, it's not so much of a problem in a near future setting any more!

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[JeffrySG]

Originally Posted by tobian

It's hard to say and really it's working having it just be simple, but i guess the only thing is there's no obvious location/method for the signals and or power to be transferred to the screen, and or the mechanism which turns the wheel. Perhaps the support strut needs to show some trunking, even if the actual method is hidden (why would you want exposed wires hehe) and likewise behind the screen. It's puzzling to me how the screen IS powered, though with an interesting article I recently read about how they use pulsed magnetic fields to finally fulfil Tessla's dream of transmitting electricity through the air, it's not so much of a problem in a near future setting any more!

The ring actually is held up by the capsule shaped part above it... the ring has grooves on the outside and the capsule part has gears that grip onto them and will rotate the ring.

The monitor has most of the connections right through the monitor support. So all the power and wires go through the support. The ring carries all the power to the monitor and the chair controls, and it gets the power through the capsule part through contacts on the ring itself, as it's metal. The main power just comes down through the support from the ceiling.

I actually did think of all of that before I started modeling...

[tobian]

Yes, but since the ring can move, that means that somewhere there are contacts all round the ring.. I.e. it has a 'live rail'. Just need to be careful when standing near the thing, not to touch it

[Jedilaw]

Jeff, really nice design you have going here. My only crit is that the size of that screen, being so close to the seated viewer, would probably cause eye strain due to difficulty focusing on close-up objects. Perhaps the screen could be shifted a little further away from the viewer.

[JeffrySG]

Originally Posted by tobian

Yes, but since the ring can move, that means that somewhere there are contacts all round the ring.. I.e. it has a 'live rail'. Just need to be careful when standing near the thing, not to touch it

oh yeah... that's true... I suppose the live area could be on the inside ring kind of where the notches are... maybe there would be something that would only keep the contacts live while they are under the capsule area....

Originally Posted by Jedilaw

Jeff, really nice design you have going here. My only crit is that the size of that screen, being so close to the seated viewer, would probably cause eye strain due to difficulty focusing on close-up objects. Perhaps the screen could be shifted a little further away from the viewer.

^Thanks!

do you think it's too close? I though it was a nice distance away, but maybe I'm too close to this project (no pun intended), I can move it back though... what does anyone else think regarding that?

[Jedilaw]

Originally Posted by JeffrySG

oh yeah... that's true... I suppose the live area could be on the inside ring kind of where the notches are... maybe there would be something that would only keep the contacts live while they are under the capsule area....

You could make the contacts be inside a "lip" for the ring, a groove which can't be touched from the outside because the ring itself is blocking it, but could be touched by reaching inside the "lip"
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Sorry, my ASCII modeling sucks, but imagine that the inside part of that underhanging shape (the "L" shape) was where the contact points were located (and imagine that the shape is symmetrical horizontally). You'd have to stick your hand inside the "L" to touch contacts.

[JeffrySG]

Originally Posted by Jedilaw

You could make the contacts be inside a "lip" for the ring, a groove which can't be touched from the outside because the ring itself is blocking it, but could be touched by reaching inside the "lip"
________
| _______
| |____
|_____|

Sorry, my ASCII modeling sucks, but imagine that the inside part of that underhanging shape (the "L" shape) was where the contact points were located (and imagine that the shape is symmetrical horizontally). You'd have to stick your hand inside the "L" to touch contacts.

don't ever say that your ASCII modeling is bad!!!
I actually knew exactly what you meant... and that's kind of what I was thinking...
either way... I don't think you'd be able to see it on the final render, but it's interesting to figure out a solution none the less!

[Jedilaw]

Originally Posted by JeffrySG

don't ever say that your ASCII modeling is bad!!!

Okay, I admit it, my ISD is modeled entirely in ASCII, it's just rendered in Max.

[tobian]

Hehe yeah I was thinking much the same thing myself about the live rail too

Regarding the screen... If it's a holographic display then the distance is irrelevant, since the focus would be virtual: if the user found it too close, he could simply set it to be further away. Besides, if you do mount it on some sort of adjustment system, it's kind of moot. Personally I thought it looked ok myself?

[JeffrySG]

Well I think the distance is ok (although I appreciate the input!) but I did go back and put the monitor support on a lift system so it can raise about a foot and a half or so... and it actually is a virtual holographic monitor system...