Novo Minoru Minoru 3D manual

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    Minoru 3D Webcam U s er ’ s Guide[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 2 Contents Introdu ction ............................................................................................. 4 Instal lati on .............................................................................................. 4 Hardw ar[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 3 Stereo scopic P layer ................................................................................. 20 Troub lesho oting ....................................................................................... 21 Specifi cation s ......[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 4 Introduction Meet Mino ru, meaning “Realit y” in Japane se, the World’s first 3D we bcam. Connect Mino ru to your P C and he will come a live, his eyes w ill light up and he will be looking at you in 3D. Your friends an d family will[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 5 Software Install ation Open your CD ROM drive and pl ace the softwa re CD in the drive. Close the CD ROM drive and follow the onscreen instruction s to complete the inst allation of th e Minoru softw are.[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 6 Minoru Settings You can access Minoru’s se ttings at any time by right clicking the Minoru st atus icon in t he system t ray. You can access and change the setting s even while Min oru is in the middle o f a video call or du ring a vide [...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 7 1 – Setup Wiz ard... Before using Min oru for the first time you should focus and th en line up M inoru’s two eyes. First place Mino ru on the desk or on the t op of yo ur monitor at a dis tance of about 3 feet (1 metre) from y our fac[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 8 Focus Minoru’s righ t eye by turning the le ns ring until t he image of yo ur face appears sharp. Vertical alignm ent...At this point you should still not wea r the 3D glasses . Look at Minoru and you sho uld see two images of your face [...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 9 Horizontal a lignment ...Still do not we ar the 3D glasses, do n’t worry you can put them on very soon. Look at the t wo images of your face on screen and adjust the horizontal slider so that t he two ima ges of your face merge in to on [...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 10 2 - Mode You can select f rom thre e different opera ting mode s for Minoru 3D – The view er of the 3D video will need to use the 3D glass es to see the 3D effect Picture in Picture (PiP) – Thi s mode is usefu l if you w ant to sho w [...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 11 4 - Select Langua ge Select the lan guage used for th e Minoru setu p wizard and re cording appl ication. 5 – Minoru W ebsite Click to go dire ctly to th e Minoru 3D Web site. 6 - About... The Minoru so ftware ver sion informa tion is s[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 12 Recording application 1 – Restart Mi noru When start ing ‘Minoru Vide o Capture’ you m ay see the informat ion message sho wn below . Minoru is proba bly being us ed by anoth er application such as messaging so ftware, or the ‘Min[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 13 2 – Resolution Select the out put resolu tion for Mino ru. Choose from 32 0 x 240, 352 x 28 8, 640 x 480 o r 800 x 600 pixels . The cho sen resolut ion is used for the reco rded video or snapshot . 3 – Screen m ode Select the screen m[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 14 How to record and playback a 3D video First you sh ould select th e resolution for the video. Next com pose the pictu re and click the ‘Start Reco rding’ but ton (i). You wi ll then be asked to choose a filenam e (ii) and choose the f[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 15 To playba ck the recorded vi deo you sho uld do one of the fo llowing; On a Vista sys tem click on Start..(Your user nam e) (i), then dou ble click o n Videos (ii). Choose one of the videos a nd double click it t o play it ba ck. On an XP[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 16 How to take a nd email a snapshot First you sh ould select th e resolution for the snapshot . Next compose the picture and click the ‘Take Sn apshot’ bu tton. The snaps hot will appear immed iately in a se parate win dow and you wi ll[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 17 Using Minoru with popular messaging applications Windows Live M essenger Open Windo ws Live Mess enger and from th e menu, sel ect Tools – Audi o and video setup... In Step 2: Microph one Se tup, select ‘Novo – Minoru’s Ears’ In[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 18 Skype Open Skype and then cli ck on, Tools - Optio ns... – General - Video Set tings . Make sure that ‘Enable Sky pe Video’ is t icked. From the ‘Select w ebcam:’ drop do wn list, sele ct ‘Minoru 3D We bcam’ . Now click on ?[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 19 OoVoo Open OoVoo an d then click on , File – Settin gs – Camera . From the ‘Select a came ra:’ drop down list, select ‘Minoru 3D Webcam’ . Click on ‘Test’ and the we bcam video shou ld appear in th e preview window. For th[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 20 Recommended software to get the most from Mino ru Videora Convert you r 3D videos fo r viewing on yo ur iPod. http://w ww.video ra.com/en-us/Con verter/iPod/ Windows Movie Maker Edit you r 3D videos creat ed by Minoru. Ad d special effect[...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 21 T ro ubleshooting Problem • The webcam output freezes or the web cam cannot work in the higher res olutio n modes 640 x 480 and 80 0 x 600. • When Min oru is plugged in to a front pan el USB port you see a message, ‘USB D evice Not [...]

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    M i n o r u 3 D W e b c a m U s e r ’ s G u i d e , R e v i s i o n 1 . 2 , F e b r u a r y 2009 P a g e | 22 CE compliance statement This product had been s ubject to the te sting requirement s for the CE ma rk, and has been approved to claim the CE mark fo r the stan dards, EN 55022:2006 + A1 :2007 EN 55024:1998 + A1 :2001, + A2:20 03 The valid[...]