A Spectrum of Pyra Renders


The currently used picture on the mainpage has a screen that looks scratched. Colour is a bit undesirable, sort of dark bronze looking.


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As a matter of page display, I´d probably use a non color one, gray or that army gray as people did before. I´d keep the color for the page layout and logo.


I like the angle shot there as it shows a shoulder button and the pen, my only complain is that the image is too dark, the pen side is too dark and the keyboard, which I think stands for one of the highest selling points, is also darker then the front with the sd cards.


While it looks pretty, I believe functionality should be the point as that image is going to be the first a new user is going to see, so I would not even use black.


But maybe that is just me.


edit: yep I agree the screen looks strange, I´d dump a test image from the wip OS and use that instead.
 
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I have a challenge for you render geniuses. I'm in line for a Prototype, which in theory lets me request and maybe get a custom color.

Please - someone show me what a Pyra would look like if made from this polycarbonate:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Glow-in-the-Dark-Polycarbonate-Cup-/111760961396

Or, alternatively, that mixed with just enough white to make it translucent. The trick in rendering is that the object itself is a light source.

Yes, in real-life use, the amount of light that it picks up from backlighting and ambient lights will be highly differential all over the case and will likely look 'blotchy'. I'm good with that.

I do have 'glow in the dark' as my #1 color choice submitted. Help me figure out how much I should push ED to try it or not?
 
Transparent(refraction) and reflective objects will only look good (as your reference) if a lot of work is put on the lights, that is, lighting it in a way that the incident angle makes the core transparent while keeping the ´borders´ light green.
Since it takes a lot of time, I can´t do it. But I did a quick test just to check it out, I hope that fits what you are looking for.
 

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Transparent(refraction) and reflective objects will only look good (as your reference) if a lot of work is put on the lights, that is, lighting it in a way that the incident angle makes the core transparent while keeping the ´borders´ light green.
Since it takes a lot of time, I can´t do it. But I did a quick test just to check it out, I hope that fits what you are looking for.

That is what I was looking for - thank you for that.

This is one of those scenarios where I think that if ED can make it happen, that would make an AWESOME prototype 'color' for me, but it wouldn't be so good as a general market device 'color'.

I did ask ED for 'Glow in the Dark' as my primary color choice for my prototype. Hopefully it will be possible, but I will understand if that is 'too custom' to be cost efficient in the prototype process. Still - I think it would be cool as hell when the lights go out on a night flight to have my handheld computer to eerily glow.
 
Nice, I think it would be fine for a prototype or for people that enjoy case modding thought a glow in the dark is probably a higher cost material and for how long would it hold its ability?

I prefer a case that would not interfere with the screen in anyway, I even like the idea that the leds can be all turned off.
The Caanoo has a led light leak towards its joystick and I think that is total crap.
 
We'll have to wait and see, but I wouldn't be surprised to see light leaking towards the bottom of the Pyra's d-pad, due to the keyboard lights. On the cannoo it's probably the screen backlight bleeding across though, and that's probably brighter. You may only see the Pyra's d-pad bleed in the dark.
 
Nice, I think it would be fine for a prototype or for people that enjoy case modding thought a glow in the dark is probably a higher cost material and for how long would it hold its ability?

If it retains any glow-capability over it's lifetime, that's enough. It's not like I'm planning to use the glow to read by or anything actually functional - I just like the idea for some reason. As for the cost... With the prepaid prototype orders, I suspect that price differences between different polycarbonate coloring additives might be minor compared to the setup costs for custom color runs.

If it's possible, I'd like to do it. If it proves impossible with the case plastics vendor or otherwise impractical, I'll understand.

Still - something about the idea makes me grin like a kid.
 
Yep I agree it is a nice idea, it has a kind of light saber glow to it.
I recall Ed said something about the material having to be bought at large quantities too (the color pieces that mix), so if that fx comes from some special pieces to be blended, I´m afraid it will only be possible if bought in large scale.
I used to have dinosaur skeleton pieces that glow in dark ages ago, they did loose their ability to glow, but I think modern material should do a better show dis days.
A case that way is sure a thing, but I still have strange thoughts about it being colored (and that goes for all kind of plastic cases).
I get the impression that it will clash with the led´s ability to generate infinity hues.
Maybe a white-glow-in-the-dark would be better?
 
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