Jul 9, 2010
Jul 8, 2010
AquaLux 3D: Text, video, images, and even Tetris on a multi-layered water display
I recently came across the INAVATE website, and I've found several articles on topics that I'm sure will interest my blog readers. The article that intrigued me today was about the AquaLux 3D project by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. In the videos, you can see how text, video, and images can be created with light and water droplets. The researchers used this technology to create a multi-dimensional Tetris game!
"Using a projector and rows of water drop emitters, we create a multi-layer display that can be used for text, videos, and interactive games."
How the Water-drop Multi-display Works: SIGGRAPH 2010 Submission:
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Projecting Onto Water for 3D Show
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Peter Barnum, Ph.D. Student (AquaLux 3D researcher)
Projecting Onto Water for 3D Show
INAVATE 7/8/2010
Peter Barnum, Ph.D. Student (AquaLux 3D researcher)
A Multi-layered Display with Water Drops(pdf)
Peter C. Barnum, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan and Takeo Kanade
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), July 2010.
Peter C. Barnum, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan and Takeo Kanade
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), July 2010.
"A Projector-Camera System for Creating a Display with Water Drops"
P. C. Barnum, S. G. Narasimhan, and T. Kanade
Workshop on Projector-Camera Systems (PROCAMS), in conjunction with CVPR, June 2009. (Best paper award)
[PDF] [Slides with videos]
P. C. Barnum, S. G. Narasimhan, and T. Kanade
Workshop on Projector-Camera Systems (PROCAMS), in conjunction with CVPR, June 2009. (Best paper award)
[PDF] [Slides with videos]
YouTube's Move to Slower Media: Leanback - in HD, full screen, minimal clicks, merges with your other online "stuff".
The details are demonstrated in the video below:
My hunch?
One motivation behind Leanback is to prepare us for the next wave of online 3D HDTV, which is a "slow media" experience, best viewed from a comfy sofa or recliner. This is the "10-foot experience".
One motivation behind Leanback is to prepare us for the next wave of online 3D HDTV, which is a "slow media" experience, best viewed from a comfy sofa or recliner. This is the "10-foot experience".
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YouTube Leanback offers effortless viewing
Broadcasting Ourselves ;): The Official YouTube Blog, 7/7/10
Kevin Purdy, Lifehacker, 7/8/10
Brad NcCartym, thenextweb, 7/8/10
YouTube Leanback caters to the lazy: The video service automatically strams HD content based on your prefs Wilson Rothman, msnbc.com, 7/7/10
Brian Barrett, Gizmodo, 7/7/10 YouTube launches Leanback, mobile site gets HTML5 revamp (video)
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Jul 6, 2010
Multi-touch and NUI News: NUITEQ's Multi-touch Snowflake Suite for Windows 7
NUITEQ is a company that has been involved in multi-touch technologies for the past few years, and works diligently at ensuring that it keeps up with the evolution in interactive displays and software. The company's Snowflake Suite is now available for Windows 7, and is compatible with 3M Touch Systems, N-trig, NextWindow, Lumino, and other third-party platforms.
Here is the current compatibility list, and also a list of Snowflake Suite for Winodws 7 features:
Compatibility
* NextWindow platforms like HP TouchSmart IQ500, IQ770, IQ800 series and the Dell Studio One (all 2 touch)
* N-trig platforms like HP TouchSmart TX2, Dell Latitude XT/XT2 and others
* 3M Touch Systems multi-touch kit
* Lumio platforms
* dreaMTouch
* PQ Labs
* Wacom
* N-trig platforms like HP TouchSmart TX2, Dell Latitude XT/XT2 and others
* 3M Touch Systems multi-touch kit
* Lumio platforms
* dreaMTouch
* PQ Labs
* Wacom
Snowflake Suite for Windows 7 Features
* Detailed user manual included with FAQ
* Developed on fast and reliable C++ platform
* Intuitive
* Customizable backgrounds, logo's, images, 3d models, videos etc
* Gesture recognition library
* TUIO / OSC (Open Sound Control) support (sending and receiving events)
* Low level API
* Hardware accelerated rendering
* Support for wide variety of media types (jpg,jpeg,tga,png,dds,gif,tif, tiff, bmp,mov,avi,wav,ogg)
* Advanced window handler that supports scaling and rotation
* Audio support
* Multi-threaded resource handler (For fast data visualization)
Snowflake Suite is also compatible with the following systems:
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"The 3M multi-touch displays support up to 20 finger touches simultaneously and come with a one year warranty. NUITEQ's Snowflake Suite, is included at no additional charge, offering the benefits of a complete bundled product of hardware and software, being the perfect solution to get started with multi-touch technology."
Photo Credit: NUITEQ
Case Study
"NUITEC freely assisted handicapped children with their education, by applying multi-touch technology for Action For Kids, a UK based national charity working with children and young people with physical and learning disabilities.The children used NUITEQ’s award winning multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite, to enhance their way of learning, by offering a more playful and intuitive solution, in comparison to conventional learning methods."
Case Study
"NUITEC freely assisted handicapped children with their education, by applying multi-touch technology for Action For Kids, a UK based national charity working with children and young people with physical and learning disabilities.The children used NUITEQ’s award winning multi-touch software product Snowflake Suite, to enhance their way of learning, by offering a more playful and intuitive solution, in comparison to conventional learning methods."
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Samsung Transparent OLED + Wedge Camera, Glassless 3D, Telepresence, Mid-air Interaction: Applying Science at Microsoft
The Microsoft Applied Sciences Group has been working on several projects that have the potential of changing how we interact with various displays and surfaces in the very near future. Here's some what I came across my RSS feeds and Google Alerts this morning:
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3D Gesture Interaction
"In this demonstration, we've placed the Microsoft Applied Science's wedge technology behind Samsung's transparent OLED display. This enables a camera to image through the display, see the user's hand above it, and alter the image based upon her gestures." -Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
3D Without the Glasses: A new type of display from Microsoft produces multiple images and tracks the viewers eyes - Kate Greene, MIT Technology Review (6/11/2010)
According to an article in MIT's Technology Review, "the new lens, which is thinner at the bottom than at the top, steers light to a viewer's eyes by switching light-emitting diodes along its bottom edge on and off. Combined with a backlight, this makes it possible to show different images to different viewers, or to create a stereoscopic (3-D) effect by presenting different images to a person's left and right eye. "What's so special about this lens is that it allows us to control where the light goes," says Steven Bathiche, director of Microsoft's Applied Sciences Group." -Kate Greene, Technology Review
Steerable Multi-view Display
"In this demonstration, we use head tracking to determine where multiple users are. Then, with the Microsoft Applied Sciences' wedge technology, we steer completely independent images to each user. In the video, one user is seeing a sun while at the same time another is seeing a rocket. This is maintained even as the users change positions relative to each other." -Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
Transparent Display for Telepresence
"In this demonstration, we've placed the Microsoft Applied Science's wedge technology behind Samsung's transparent OLED display. This enables a camera to image directly through the display. In the video, objects held up to the screen are captured and shown to the user on the other side of the telepresence communication (the other monitor in the video), while far away from the screen, the display shows the user a view dependent image."-Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
Steerable 3D Auto Stereo Display
"In this demonstration, we use head tracking to determine where a user's eyes are. Then, with the Microsoft Applied Sciences' wedge technology, we steer different views of the scene to each eye to produce a 3D image without the need for glasses or for fixing the location of the user." -Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
Mid-air Interactive Display
"In this demonstration, we illuminate objects above the display with infrared light. We capture the reflection using the Microsoft Applied Sciences' wedge technology. This enables us to see above the display while keeping the form factor small. Seeing above the display allows us to track the interaction between direct contacts on the display. In the video, the user associates a function (color choice) with one hand and a different function (zoom/rotation) with the other hand. This tool persistence is maintained regardless of the relative positions of the hands." -Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
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"In this demonstration, we use head tracking to determine where a user's eyes are. Then, with the Microsoft Applied Sciences' wedge technology, we steer different views of the scene to each eye to produce a 3D image without the need for glasses or for fixing the location of the user." -Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
Mid-air Interactive Display
"In this demonstration, we illuminate objects above the display with infrared light. We capture the reflection using the Microsoft Applied Sciences' wedge technology. This enables us to see above the display while keeping the form factor small. Seeing above the display allows us to track the interaction between direct contacts on the display. In the video, the user associates a function (color choice) with one hand and a different function (zoom/rotation) with the other hand. This tool persistence is maintained regardless of the relative positions of the hands." -Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
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Microsoft Applied Sciences Group Website
About Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
"The Applied Sciences Group (ASG) is an applied research and development team dedicated to createing the next generation of computer interaction technologies. The interdisciplinary group focuses on the synergy between optics, electronics and software to create novel human computer interfaces. The ASG is part of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. and mainly supports projects for Microsoft Hardware, XBox, and Microsoft Surface. It also works closely with Microsoft Research."
Jul 5, 2010
BP Oil Spill Multi-touch Map Mashup by Ideum
In response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the team at Ideum has created a free version of their multi-touch-enabled Google Map and Flickr mashup application to educational organizations, including museums and aquariums. The information included on the map includes oil spill and fishing restriction data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), along with pictures taken at the scene in and around the region of the spill.
Ideum is a company that "designs and creates interactive computer-based exhibits, multitouch installations, rich Internet applications, and social networking sites for museum and Web visitors. We work closely with museums, nonprofit organizations, and socially responsible companies to create memorable visitor experiences." Ideum uses their own multi-touch framework called GestureWorks to create interactive applications.
Jim Spadaccini is the director and founder of Ideum. He formerly was the Director of Interactive Media at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
Ideum is working on a version of the program optimized to work on 3M's 22" multi-touch system. A single-touch version for the web might be available if there is interest.
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BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico Flickr Group
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