Tag: tangible
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DSI Multitouch construction – Part 4.5
This is just a small update with a few new photos… I’ve have now painted the table top black, I used a matte black spray paint (because I think its easier to get an even colour with) and then went over the top with a clear gloss. A also made a temporary top cover and…
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Actuating Widgets on Interactive Tabletops
This is probably one of the best concepts I’ve seen recently for interactive tabletops. Tangible controls/widgets that can be controlled by magnets to self switch and move across the table. There is also a very interesting approach for redirecting IR light around the magnets so the cameras can pick up the widgets’ presence. Check out…
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My Multitouch Tangible Shooting Experiment
Last night I started building a shooting game in AS3 using tangible objects placed on my touch screen. This was inspired by the video I showed in the previous post. The video below shows my first test with directional shooting, though I havent added targets in yet. Since my set up uses FTIR technology I…
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Tangible Gaming with Multi-touch
Found this cool video on the NUI Group forums showcasing an Asteroids game that Javier Marco has created, using actual objects placed on the screen as spaceships that shoot enemies. Very cool. Watch the video below. I think I might try something like this when I get some free time!