New DDR pad designShould I have em made comertialy?

hyperjer · Basic Member Joined: 17 Feb 2003

Ok. soon I will have a webpage with full details. and yes it will plug into a ps1 and ps2 and works even better with a computer... Im olny going to say one thing else before the website goes up soon on a high bandwidth server, and that is optics.

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Andy the happy mod-man · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 4:18 pm Post subject:

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onetwolittleb · Trick Member Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Location: somerville, ma

Optical sounds way cool. I wouldnt' buy one because I have a CF already and like having the feed back of the physical arrow depressing bellow me.

I think I agree with the other people. you need to find some people who will test it for you, giv eyou feed back and give reviews. There might be things that you haven't though of like, the ease of setting it up, etc.

If I were still using soft pads and had to replace my soft pad, I would definately consider something optical, since you're right, it won't wear out.

Andy the happy mod-man · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 2:15 am Post subject:

Taric25 · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 3:57 am Post subject:

@hyperjer
Are you going to have videos too?

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revolutionZERO · Trick Member Joined: 15 Apr 2003 Location: Somewhere

this new pad sounds sweet. post a link to your website soon?

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Blue Beefman · Trick Member Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Location: WI

are theses pads soft pads? or hard pads? metal?
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Tsukasa · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 11:54 pm Post subject:

I am very skeptical about this.. heh a pad that never wears out? Hmm..that's all I can say.. heh.. coughBScough

If I can see proof then I'll change my opinion but till then..

ddrleet · Trick Member Joined: 24 Sep 2002 Location: San Francisco

i bet they dont light up

Chuck4 · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 12:03 am Post subject:

Well if the pad can do all the things he said it can do, I don't think lights are an issue.

ZotTower · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 5:48 am Post subject:

I think this kid's pad is gonna be completely worthless. I'm basing this on several things...like...

-He is completely unprofessional (grammar, spelling) in his posts and this makes him sound like he's 10 years old.
-He hasn't said whether it is a soft, plastic, or metal pad.
-$60 for something with all the features he's talking about (like optical) sounds pretty ridiculous.
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bio retard · Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 6:31 am Post subject:

I smell another Beat-Gear. Hopefully he doesn't live in South America like that guy.

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Irob · Trick Member Joined: 05 Apr 2003 Location: Boringtown, NJ

Thats a good argument, plus, its a prototype, so he can still change it between soft/metal/plastic.
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riptide · Trick Member Joined: 14 Aug 2002

I'd really like to know what he's building this out of. Just a 2'x4' piece of acrylic to cut arrow panels out of for a home bulit pad is gonna cost $20. I find it highly unlikely that he can add in all the electronics for an optic sensor pad, sell it for $60, and still make money.

Then again, if it's all true, it'd be a pretty neat pad. I have a design for a pad that can be taken apart and made into a much smaller single piece for transportation, but it wouldn't be able to be a lighted pad I don't think... maybe if I get tricky with it.
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DJPhunk_infinity · Basic Member Joined: 09 Apr 2002 Location: Chicago

optics - as in light

picture a thrown image on your floor of a DDR pad that wasn't really there....

picture stepping in those areas projected onto your carpet or floor

picture arrows moving in sync to your foot that just broke the laser projection

no moving parts other than the focus lens that projects the image (if that's the design) otherwise, it's just floor area and your foot breaks the line of the laser and triggers the switch which = a button press.

A good idea if that's his idea. If not, then someone make one and pay me a buck for the idea

riptide · Trick Member Joined: 14 Aug 2002

I don't know whether that is what hyperjer is planning since he's been extremely vague(which in my opinion is suspicious in itself). If it is, I'm not so sure I like that idea... Although it sounds nice on the surface, it would be hard to determine whether or not you are standing in the right area. On the arcade pads, you can feel where you are because the arrow panels aren't quite level with the rest of the pad. If you were just dancing on a flat floor, you might drift a bit and you'd never know until you start missing steps. Also, what happens when you get a wild dancer or newbie and they slip and fall onto/kick your optic sensors?

To do it right, you'd have to build a pad... preferably like the arcade pad where the arrows are at a different level than the solid panels so that you can feel whether you're standing centered on an arrow or not. Then you'd have to find a way to add the optic sensors to the edges of the pad in a way that they wouldn't be damaged if kicked or stomped or anything. By the time you do all that, it'll probably be just as expensive as any other commercial pad.
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