Unite2015 frima lab
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Who has not heard of Skylanders, LEGO Dimension, the new talking Barbie or Disney Playmation? In this talk we'll show you how Unity helped us make some cool connected toy experiences. From debugging the hardware to creating new smart toy interactions, we wanted something flexible enough. Unity was a great fit and we'll show you how. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywCE6jcy2rU
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- 1. Building Smart Toys with Unity Unite Conference 2015 - Boston frimalab.com
- 2. Frima Lab Simon Ampleman *AmpleminatorJean-Philippe *Rambo* Auclair
- 3. SMART TOY PROTOTYPING CONNECTED APP OR GAME ELECTRONIC DEVELOPMENT
- 4. • 2011 - Skylanders: Spyro's Adventures ... • 2013 - Anki DRIVE …. • 2015 - Disney's Playmation …. • 2015 - Sphero BB-8 Smart Toys - Last Years
- 5. Frima's Smart Toy Demo
- 6. • Emotional product appeal • Known and tested mechanism • Tool set • Target audience • Technological choices • Opportunity Workshop Brainstorm
- 7. • Mount for mobile device • Physical inputs Physical Toy & Video Game Design • Video game engine (UNITY!) • Game goals and objectives
- 8. Multiple options! • Hammer: • Saw: • Screwdriver: • Wrench: • Ruler: Must-have: Datasheets! Don't go crazy... Button Button Rotary encoder Rotary encoder Optical IR distance Electronic Components Selection - Sensors
- 9. Microcontrollers! Beginner -> Arduino is great! (< 10$ USD) Inventory: • Low-power, low-CPU • CPU-intensive, high-speed peripherals Electronic Components Selection - Core
- 10. Buy all you need, and more! Distributors: • Fast (next-day delivery) • Costly Order Online
- 11. Shenzhen, China • Very low price • Lots of components • Quality • Slower shipping Order Online
- 12. • Development kit • Inexpensive • Plug-and-play • Samples! • Pins exposed • Hardware programmer Limitations.... Electronic Design
- 14. PCB (printed circuit board) Perfect board for each prototype. • Custom shape, custom size • Most wires become PCB traces -> Less failures Resources: • SparkFun Eagle Tutorials (www.sparkfun.com) • Fedevel Academy: Altium Designer Courses (www.fedevel.com) Electronic Design
- 16. Debug board • Perfect Dev Kit • Compact • Voltage regulator • LED • Common sensors Electronic Design
- 17. PCB Production
- 18. DF Robot OSH Park Ecosystem Fab Lab ~ 1$/PCB Local business... 2-layer PCB (from DFRobot) PCB Production
- 19. Not too hard. • Good station (ex: PACE or HAKKO) • Multimeter • Clips • Microscope Reflow oven / Breakout boards Soldering & Assembly
- 20. IDE for C / Assembler Existing code: • Arduino librairies • mbed platform Firmware Over-the-Air Firmware
- 21. • Iterative process: Build and Run • Windows development • Visual Studio • C# • Native extensions for mobile devices • UniSWF • One person is needed to make a complete prototype Video Game
- 22. • Iterative process: Build and Run • Windows development • Visual Studio • C# • Native extensions for mobile devices • UniSWF • One person is needed to make a complete prototype Video Game
- 23. • RFID / NFC (no global reach) • Audio recognition (no multiplayer and low reliability) Wired communication: • USB HID • UART Wireless communication: • Wifi • Bluetooth • Bluetooth LE (low energy) Communication Protocol
- 24. Debugging real-time data over the air • BLE Sniffer Hardware • C# Communication Bridge • Transfert data to Unity over TCP Socket • Play the game inside Unity Editor in real-time • Debug inputs with Gizmos • WPF / SciChart Communication Debugging
- 25. Prototyping Hardware • 3D printer • CNC router • Sillicon/urethane rubber • Paint/air brush • Dremel • Generic toolbox • Duct tape/hot glue
- 26. • Create your own part CAD • Autodesk Inventor HSM • To 3D Printer • To CNC Hardware Development
- 29. • Take the time to pick the right components • Watch out for Burgerduino monsters! • Assume Simon makes errors (FOTA rocks!) • Use Unity! • Make it beautiful, but robust! • Debug and iterate • Yes, things can catch on fire! Remember
- 30. Simon Ampleman: simon.ampleman@frimastudio.com Jean-Philippe Auclair: jpauclair@frimastudio.com Your name here: jobs@frimastudio.com Thank you! Any questions? frimalab.com
Editor's Notes
- It seems to me I had a great time playing video game when I was young... But now, I got six kids, And I see how much easier it is to access games, and how time consuming it can get. This is why at frima we started a branch called frimalab, who's goal is to bring back the kids to physical play, while conserving the best aspect of video games. Today, we are going to talk about the process of making a smart-toy prototype, from the deisgn phase to the final result, and all steps to get there.
- You've got the most awesome job in the world. EVERY SINGLE TIME It all started a while ago, we have an internal contest like the Dragon's den (or shark tank) TV Show
- Ce qu'on fait maintenant Comment ça a commencer.
- VIDEO
- We broung in the idea, sound fun, we did it.
- Nous, on est aller avec Aliexpress parcequ'on fait plusieursp rojet simultané et qu'on peu se permettre les délais
- Arduino
- introduire le next slide
- Parler du board et de la batterie à droite
- Garder le meme source-code
- Bruler les main avec de l'acide et mourir
- Bruler les main avec de l'acide et mourir
- Image d'équipement Partner avec des yeux pourri
- Image d'équipement Caught on fire
- Plein d'images de design de nos mardes
- Looks easy or hard Toys mean cheap in store