Orion's Projects

2006

• Graphics: Spectrum
  Wavelength-dependent color of various common light sources.
  
  

2005

• Graphics: Aurora Simulation
  Fluid dynamics simulation for rendering the Aurora Borealis.
  
  
• Vision: Point Tracking
  Simple object tracking via color.
  
  

2004

• Graphics: Parallel Impostors
  My PhD thesis: high-performance parallel rendering.
  
  
• Computational Geometry: Remeshing
  Remeshing and solution transfer for a 4-million tetrahedon rocket mesh.
  
  

2003

• Graphics: Mesh Filtering
  Observations on Laplace and Taubin mesh smoothing.
  
  
• Hardware: Microchip
  A Linux driver for a cheap microcontroller board.
  
  
• Graphics: Reaction-Diffusion
  Funky textures from PDEs.
  
  
• Graphics: Road Signs
  A giant set of free EPS road sign images.
  
  
• Graphics: Construction Timelapse
  Watch a building grow out of the ground.
  
  

2002

• Graphics: IFS Fractals
  A method and program for bounding fractal shapes described as IFSs.
  
  
• Vision: Photo Scanner
  An automated system for separating photographic prints out of a big scan.
  
  
• Crafts: Handmade Custom Furniture
  A few pieces of furniture I've designed and built.
  
  

2001

• Graphics: Denali 3D
  An interactive 3D flythough of North America's tallest mountain.
  
  
• Linux: Ping Data
  A tiny set of Linux scripts for recording ping times.
  
  

2000

• Graphics: Scale-Dependent Plasma Fractal
  A way to alter the roughness of a plasma fractal.
  
  
• Vision: Allsky Camera
  A calibrated mirror for taking an image of the entire sky.
  
  

1999

• Graphics: My Cone Tracer
  An expanded, accellerated, antialiased raytracer.
  
  
• Graphics: Timelapse
  Watch spring come to Fairbanks, Alaska in MPEG form.
  
  
• Simulation: MCM 1999 Entry
  Watch disk-people flee for the exits in this Windows disaster simulator.
  
  
• Hardware: Homebrew SONAR
  Ping! Ping! Range-- 29 inches, Captain.
  
  

1998

• Java, Graphics: SliceViewer
  See inside a human head with my prize-winning Java applet!
  
  
• Java, Graphics: Java Demos
  See myriad cool graphical demonstations.
  
  
• Hardware: LISA Card
  My first hardware project, an ISA I/O Card.
  
  
• Music: Orion's Tuner
  Tune an instrument or your voice, from Windows.
  
  
• Java: Interferogram Simulator

1997

• Java: Recursive Fractal Generator
  Create custom fractals, interactively.
  
  
• Crappy Java: Convex Hull Demo
• Crappy Java: SAR Image Viewer

1996

• Vision: HeadHunter
  My first machine vision project, a head tracker.
  
  

All the code linked to on these pages is my sole work, except where noted. It is all free for public use.