At PDC09, we released Silverlight 4 Beta and announced one of the availability of, one of the most requested features, Web Cam Support.
Wanting to have fun with the new feature, I thought of a fun sample to create – smashing bugs with motion detection. First step was to get bugs to crawl across the screen. Next I added the WebCam with frame diff calculation, which was intensive so took advantage of the multiple thread support. And finally I added a little Mantis Boy avatar to visualize the smashing of the bugs.
Over the next few days I will post about how the code works and improvements made for performance. You can check out a video to see Mantis Boy in action, run the demo or download the source.
- Watch the video
- Run the Demo*
- Download the Source
- Learn about more new features in Silverlight 4 Beta
- View a few Screenshots
Learn how it was written:
- Dissected part 1 – Smash a Bug
- Dissected part 2 – Make the Bugs Crawl
- Dissected part 3 – Give the Bugs Brains
- Dissected part 4 – WebCam and HitTest on a different thread
*(warning this is Silverlight 4 Beta code, if you’re not currently setup to run the beta stick with the video)
