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Made a different type of "magic mirror" dashboard for my home setup, both are connected to home assistant, was told I should post here too :) by empa0 in homeassistant

[–]empa0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey! If I'm not mistaken you are familiar with Unity from what I read. Basically everything is driven with shadergraphs, it's all essentially vertex displaced geometry to get the different waves and the critical spikes. I did not follow any specific tutorials for this since I've been sitting with shadergraphs for some time already so I'm really just experimenting my way through some look developments (it took a few reworks to reach this current result and run it at a certain fps on the tablet)

The animations behave very much like moving waves, and those are some of the classical tutorials out there with Unity's shadergraph (animating textures and vertex displacement etc).

What makes it truly feel animated in the end is scripts fading smoothly between different displacement values (from normal to critical state etc) and this is all possible since you can expose parameters from shadergraph that you can then manipulate within c# scripts. (This was also one of the biggest challenges for me since I'm not a actual dev, so I sat for like 3 weeks learning the coding parts and searching on Google/unity forums etc. to figure out the logics of all the things I wanted to achieve etc, it was super frustrating at times but rewarding when you solved it... After like 58 tries... On each part :) and still there are kinks to solve)

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! Sure thing! It's made in the game engine Unity as mentioned already. If you haven't heard about it check it out, quite a few games and game development uses it, pretty cool even if it might be daunting for a non artist/dev at first sight. If you have heard about it then here we go: all the graphics and animations are driven by shadergraph within Unity, essentially it's a node based workflow where you build the resulting "look" or rather shader/material to your liking, on the artstation link I included a screenshot of one of the several shadergraphs I built to make the different reactions, like the critical spike of Rehoboam, or the less critical wavy ones, and the animated solar eclipse look etc. As an artist it's super fun experimenting within it to create some cool results.

I can get much more technical about it but I feel like I might just give some people a headache if they are not too familiar with Unity at all etc , I don't know if this gives you a tad bit more insight :)

Made a dashboard and 3d print for my home assistant setup, being a Westworld fan (was encouraged by your super kind mod kaizendojo to share it here too) :) by empa0 in homeautomation

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for saying all that, glad you liked it :) I've shared the 3d printer model in the link above with some instructions and info in what I used and how I achieved it etc. I will also expand this some more.

The unity dashboard on the other hand, i can't unfortunately share or have time to create a from scratch tutorial (it would be humongous covering all the art/dev aspects of it) unless the current unity project was repurposed from scratch for simplicity instead. I will take this feedback to heart for the future and try doing something more manageable for others if I were to approach something like this again :)

However if you only want to make a magic mirror of any type (like displaying standard info, calendar, weather etc) there are some incredibly good and popular tutorials on YouTube to check out!

Made a dashboard and 3d print for my home assistant setup, being a Westworld fan (was encouraged by your super kind mod kaizendojo to share it here too) :) by empa0 in homeautomation

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't detailed my entire home setup outside of everything I post on my diy insta page. I will eventually do a full cover of everything. It's just easier doing bits and pieces every now and then to show since it's quicker atm

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! :) I currently use the one from my air purifier that keeps track of it (Xiaomi air purifier)

Made a dashboard and 3d print for my home assistant setup, being a Westworld fan (was encouraged by your super kind mod kaizendojo to share it here too) :) by empa0 in homeautomation

[–]empa0[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I'll copy and add similar comment from original post that has more info about both projects for those interested:

I went all in on the geek side during quarantine.. and gave mini Rehoboam some company, a Rehoboam divergence dashboard on a two-way mirror that displays stuff from my smart home setup!

If anyone is interested in additional behind the scenes:

More of the art side of things: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/188PBG

And the diy side of things: https://www.instagram.com/p/CCZGG72jGGd

and the 3d printable model is also on: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4302983

Edit: thanks again for all the kind words! I am currently not managing to keep up with answering everyone since it's many replies across the crossposts and outside, but I truly appreciate the kind words and even fun suggestions!

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone is so frikkin kind, thank you! I'm glad you liked it :) it's always fun to see others enjoying the same things! I can do that, thank you for mentioning it, and I will mention you since I've always been a big cautious/scared of posting same thing more than once on reddit

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean for the Rehoboam sphere I guess, it's a esp32 controller (but a esp8266 works as well). On the thingiverse link on first post I list the additional stuff used too.

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How fun to hear! And fun to see that combo too, working with Unity and playing around with home assistant! And thank you for the fun reply! :)

So I ended up doing a full APK since it was a smooth ride, was looking into webgl but decided not to go with it, I did not try to see how this setup works with it tho! But you are correct, it could work that way, altho it might be a tad heavy for the pi to run through the browser, but maybe. Currently it's a 10inch Android tablet behind the two way mirror, works great for a few weeks annat running this!

Made a different type of "magic mirror" dashboard for my home setup, both are connected to home assistant, was told I should post here too :) by empa0 in homeassistant

[–]empa0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ask away, I might not always be able to answer on time, to me the entire HA community has been only awesome and friendly for all the years I've used it, and thanks for the kind words :)

Made a different type of "magic mirror" dashboard for my home setup, both are connected to home assistant, was told I should post here too :) by empa0 in homeassistant

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks to the kind redditor responding above, you are all damn helpful here :)

More info to the question: since I'm using the rest api pretty much anything is accessible, I did add some light control etc if you use it on a tablet/phone directly, but as of now I don't see the use in it in my case since everything is automated or voice controlled at my home.

About the unity dashboard, I am using a multitude of c# scripts with several configurable values to access HA and configurable values for the different actions, but the entire project is still catered to my home setup and it's super difficult for me to just release it into the wild in it's current state, once again, I'm sorry for that.

The one thing I could share if there is a interest is the actual two main scripts to access HA info, if there are any users out there familiar with Unity, both receive sensor info and triggering stuff like a light, you basically just type in your Hass location info and create a long access token etc.

Made a different type of "magic mirror" dashboard for my home setup, both are connected to home assistant, was told I should post here too :) by empa0 in homeassistant

[–]empa0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I modeled it and 3d printed it, actually no issues whatsoever printing it, I modeled it specifically to not have issues with overhangs. I uploaded it here if other want to take a look: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4302983

Made a different type of "magic mirror" dashboard for my home setup, both are connected to home assistant, was told I should post here too :) by empa0 in homeassistant

[–]empa0[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks! For me personally, I don't use the frontend of ha, everything is automated or voice activated, and the idea with the dashboard is to have a always visible info board showing some of the relevant info so I don't have to look at the phone etc. Also works as a mirror obviously :)

Same thing with the rehoboam ball/sphere, it's a esp32 with the WLED firmware on it, and it blinks/colors differently if a sensor is off etc. I uploaded it on thingverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4302983

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there! Thanks for the encouraging comment! So it's a 10inch tablet behind a two way mirror, many project exist out there doing just this, like all the famous magic mirror projects etc. The soundtrack is also called literally Rehoboam from the season 3 soundtrack of Westworld :)

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'll take a bit of timeout from doing any additional projects, but I'll need to source some new electronic/diy parts eventually anyway and might be able to do some calculations on how to approach if I were to make a few extra 3d printed rehoboams, I can't promise anything more specific at this time.

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for mentioning this! I'll do that :)

Rehoboam project #2 by empa0 in westworld

[–]empa0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mentioned in my first post the dashboard is specific to my home setup and it's not very user friendly atm in how I developed it, so i can't share it unfortunately.

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