{"id":19077,"date":"2018-07-26T18:30:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T17:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19077"},"modified":"2018-08-03T11:08:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T10:08:24","slug":"interactive-dolls-house-uses-a-playstation-move-controller-and-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19077","title":{"rendered":"Interactive doll&#8217;s house uses a Playstation Move controller and a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dollshouse.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19078\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dollshouse.jpg?resize=560%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dollshouse.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dollshouse.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dollshouse.jpg?resize=560%2C374&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dollshouse.jpg?resize=260%2C173&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dollshouse.jpg?resize=160%2C107&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two students from the University of Washington,\u00a0Maks Surguy and Yi Fan Yin, decided to create an\u00a0interactive doll&#8217;s house that could be controlled by a\u00a0Playstation Move controller. To do this, they first of all designed the doll&#8217;s house, printed it out on cardboard to prototype and then laser-cut the design in plywood to give the house some stability and strength.<\/p>\n<p>The Playstation Move interprets gestures and feeds them to a Raspberry Pi which then decides which gesture was used and then turns features of the doll&#8217;s house on or off accordingly. 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