Cosplay and Tech: the big adventure 🚀

A presentation at Devoxx UK 2023 in May 2023 in London, UK by Thierry Chantier

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Who are we? Pierre Tibulle @ptibulle CTO @IKO-BOX

Thierry Chantier @titimoby DevRel @OVHcloud

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Also Pierre TIBULLE @ptibulle

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COSPLAY A “portmanteau” of costume and role-play An activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character.

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What is COSPLAY for me?

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What is COSPLAY for me?

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Do it yourself… or buy it?

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How do you create a Cosplay?

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How do you create this Cosplay of Heimerdinger ? https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/

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A lot of sewing…

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For the coat

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… and more sewing for the jacket! https://leagueoflegends.fandom.com/

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The master piece: the mask

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A scanned and 3D printed core

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We work on the foam volume

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The fur is processed

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Gluing the fur…

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A tiny bit of EVA foam…

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For ears

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How about improving this Cosplay with a bit of tech?

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Animatronic ears!

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Animatronic ears!

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Arcane Chest 3D printing to the rescue https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/hex-core

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Arcane Chest V1: a large wooden box, holes for neopixels and 3D printed symbols

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Arcane Chest V2: a small wooden chest, easier to transport

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Arcane Chest V1: Electronics, lot of soldering

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Arcane Chest V2: Electronics, easy breadboard assembly, integrated components

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Arcane Chest Code, code, code!!! code, code, code!!! V1

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Arcane Chest Code, code, code!!! code, code, code!!!

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Arcane Chest It’s demo time! Any volunteer? No harm planned 😇

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A “cosplay” prop : an animated Poro

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The cutest monitoring device !

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Wrap it up!

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Thanks a lot! Pierre Tibulle @ptibulle Thierry Chantier @titimoby