Monday, June 3, 2013
Creating a P2P chat application using IceLink and WebSync in Unity3D
Here's a P2P chat application I recently created re-using the basics in the text chat sample provided by Frozen Mountain (http://www.frozenmountain.com/). Frozen Mountain offers software libraries for developing real-time applications. In this sample, I have enabled usage of Frozen Mountain's IceLink and WebSync libraries in a Unity3D application demonstrating a simple text chat among peers.
Key Technologies/Software used -
- IceLink
- WebSync
- Unity3D
- MonoDevelop/Mono
The sample requires download and execution of IceLink and WebSync servers, which are available via the Frozen Mountain link above. This particular sample was developed using the Community Edition of the IceLink and WebSync servers running on the local machine (a Windows 7 system); however, the server URLs/IP addresses may be changed as appropriate using the source code provided.
Here's a snapshot of the sample in action -
Sunday, May 26, 2013
HP Pavilion dv7-6c95dx integrated webcam (HP TrueVision HD)
The integrated webcam of my HP Pavilion laptop stopped working one day and it turns out to be a common problem due to a short connector as reported by many users. The following recommended steps fixed the problem -
- Remove screw covers from the lower left and lower right corners of the display panel
- Remove both the screws
- Separate the LCD display bezel (e.g. using a guitar pick), one doesn't have to remove it fully, just access to the webcam section is needed (the top part as shown in the image below)
- Push the connector part up as shown in the following image (from http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/28639i5B08E85CAFB6AC3C/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&px=-1)
- Ensure webcam works
- Put the display bezel, screws and screw covers back in place
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