The next stable version of Motioncube Player has been released. This release addresses many new features and improvements for designers and integrators. Improved support for the Orbbec Astra camera and new mechanisms for controlling the stability of the Motioncube Player were introduced.

End users may be interested in the added support for collecting and displaying rankings in competitive applications. This feature is enabled first in the "Little Steps" game collection.

Detailed list of changes

Useful for designers and integrators

• The new camera type selection screen makes it easier to define interaction types for each projection surface (floor/wall/table) later.
• The new Interactive Projection Wizard facilitates the selection of the image stream and its calibration for operation in the interactive projection mode.
• Support for monitoring the stability of the Motioncube Player main process in "Safe mode".
• Event handling of the [Power] button on the remote control.

Extended support for Orbecc Astra camera

• Possibility to select image stream (Depth, RGB, Mixed) in the preview view for Orbbec Astra.
• Automatic detection of the interaction area (with the possibility of manual correction).
• Automatic alignment of the projection surface (with the possibility of manual correction).
• Automatic detection of the range of interactions (with the possibility of manual correction).
• New ball bounce detector (internal function that will be made available with dedicated application packages for the interactive wall).

Other features

• Improved stability of network communication for applications controlled from mobile devices.
• New Splash Screen at Player Startup.

Useful for end users

• Support for collecting and displaying rankings in games with point collecting.
• Added support for Czech (CS), Slovak (SK), and Lithuanian (LT). Automatically generated translations.

More information about selected new features will be described in separate posts.