Today I’ve spent some time finishing the initial release of the BeatBrain API. It’s now up and running for testing purposes and basically provides just one endpoint. I reads “telemetry” data (position and rotation of head and hands, along with Beat Saber level/settings metadata), and stores them. The metadata goes to a SQL database, along…

Next up.. big parts of the demo will use movement data: the position and rotation of someone’s head, left hand and right hand while playing Beat Saber. Details to be revealed over coming posts, but I wanted to have a way to capture and transmit movement data, for the purposes of later analysis (hint: AI…

I see the Arudino boards in this project as a link from the “software universe” to the real world. We can write code to do whatever we want, and by virtue of these boards being self-contained, internet connected hardware devices, we can sync and integrate with the physical environment. Electrical Engineering is a science with…

Flashers The first demo element I’ll reveal: the Flashers. I’ll be hooking up some Arduino-based, WiFi-enabled embedded systems.  There will be a custom Beat Saber mod listening out for when certain events happen – namely, when blocks are hit – and letting the Flashers know when that happens. The Flashers, of course, will flash accordingly….

When I was growing up and getting into programming, so-called “mod” (modification) development was of great interest.  Mods allow you to take a fully-realised environment, concept and experience and bend it to your will – adding new features, tweaking gameplay, breaking and re-making things for fun. I remember cracking open the original Quake source code…

I love technology. I love creating things and being inventive. I want to put a whole load of creative, inventive technology together and have it work to do something new an interesting. So, I’ve set myself a goal to learn and use a whole load of interesting tech – to come together in what I’ve…