February 3rd, 2010
I feel a shamed of my lack of communication on the web that has [not] been happening recently. I've been wanting to work on more experiments, put up more code, comment on events like the announcement of the iPad... (long rant shortened: it'll come down to Apple [or some iPhone app developers] creating that killer app for that one killer market).
But sometimes life just happens. It'll take any free time you may have, and take it all. Nothing bad is going down at least, but I've been having to shift my priorities around. There are a couple things in the works to that I'm very very excited about. And when the time comes, you'll know. (^_^)//
So at least I can let everyone play around with all the code and experiments that I already have up.
If you run into any trouble with any code, don't be afraid to email. I'll help the best I can with the time I got.
Happy Experimenting
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January 19th, 2010
So there are some videos out there that drew my attention to GML
What is GML? It is Graffiti Markup Language. "an open repository for sharing and archiving motion captured graffiti tags." Artists are archiving graffiti, amazing. That is a constantly growing collection of beautiful fluid animations.
So I took a quick look into it. XML, awesome. Standardized, brilliant! Importable into Flash? INDEED.
But taking a quick look at the applications, not too much Flash there.Vanderplayer and Experimental 3D renderer. Nice, but nothing basic. I thought I would give it a shot, at least a version 1 to start off with.
This SWF just grabs a random GML file and draws it out. When it is done, it grabs another. But if it gets stuck somewhere, you can just click on it and it'll start a new GML file.
THEREMIN VERSION!!!!
The theremin one adds sound to the graffiti. Similar to a Theremin, the up and down controls volume, while left and right controls pitch. I found the original code for the theremin part here: http://blog.efnx.com/browser-theremin-wave-data-visualization/
Thank you efnx for the jumpstart to get this idea out of my head.
Tags: Actionscript 3.0, sound, source, Tutorial
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January 11th, 2010
So this is a long time coming. Many months ago I decided I wanted to try using capacitive foil.
After searching around for a while, I decided to try the Visual Planer's Interactive Foil. I found the local distributor for the US at Brookview Technologies. My sales contact there has been very helpful through the whole selling and shipping process. To build a good size prototype, I decided to go with the 50" 16:9 display.
So now I have the foil in hand, but nothing to attach it to. Time to put a call into my acrylic supplier, they also have a CNC machine so cutting the 1/2 acrylic to the exact size was a piece of cake. And the last bit of the puzzle was how to display the acrylic.
I've been working with Robeck Fluid Power Co. in Aurora OH. Another outstanding group when it comes to customer service and capabilities. I contracted them to build a display stand out of aluminum railing so that 1. it could be collapsible and easy to transport and 2. be able to change orientation between a vertical and horizontal display.
The results: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: aluminum railing, Capacitive Foil, prototype, Touchscreen
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January 7th, 2010
Looks like it is about time I back track a little and do some post editing. There are a few things that have changed through time that I should re-account for.
- returnBlobs() now exists in the Touchlib TUIO library
- using 'localhost' may not be the best to connect TUIO, with Win 7 out people have been running into Flash connection problems and '127.0.0.1' connects much better.
In Posts- In Files
Google Code Subversion repository- Google Code Zip Files
- cyancdesign.com based Zip Files
Soon they edits will be made and I'll let you know when the changes are up.
Tags: Actionscript 3.0, Flash, Touchlib, TUIO
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December 23rd, 2009
I sat down and started thinking, what do I want to do next year? First off, I want to keep doing what I'm doing and push forward with the world of multitouch, building hardware, developing software, testing platforms. But I need to be a little more specific with myself about that. Any by sharing my list, perhaps I can get some suggestions on this I may be missing.
So here it goes, in no particular order.
- Create SWC contained TUIO Flash AS3 Widget[s]
- Learn and create tutorials using fiducialtuioas3 for marker based interactions
- Compare multiple TUIO to Flash libraries instead of only using Touchlib's
- Integration of more APIs into TUIO Flash
- Papervision
- Away3D
- More Box2DFlash
- Build an interactive fish pond app with realistic fish AI
- Start building demo app for the ViP capacitive foil based screen [more on that coming soon]
- Continue development on apps to help demo to potential clients [example]
- And release demo apps for others to use for demo purposes
- Try out building side wall projections
- Get Asterisk working with PHP and build phone dialpad based interactive displays
- Learn a little more about using Processing.org
- Continue working with RFID tech posibilities
- Get my proposal together for next year's Ingenuity Fest
- Figure out exactly what to say at TEDxCLE and i still need to get them a headshot
- Enjoy a few more waffles throughout the year (^_^)//
So this would be a good sampling, I'm sure I'll remember some things later, I'll come back and add them in as they come to me.
Happy Experimenting.
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December 13th, 2009
So I am trying to build out this proof of concept application, its a demo of a conference's floor plan with a list of all the attendee on the side, you'll scroll through the list, pick one and the app will show you the location on the map and give more information about the attendee. Only one problem, I'm using the TUIO, so there isn't a component for a scollable list of ...anything. So looks like I just have to build one.
I took a couple tries before I stopped coding myself into a corner. The layering of the component had to be just right. Plus, it needed to the usable at any angle. It is intended for a table top / multi-user display. And to make that happen, I needed quite a bit of layering, on the app and in the code itself.
I also wanted this to start off all code based, so I only used FlashDevelop. So moving forward, if you have Flash you can build a MovieClip and attach it to the List Item Object and customize the look of the selectable items.
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Tags: Actionscript 3.0, Flash, Multi-Touch, multitouch, TUIO, Tutorial, widget
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December 5th, 2009
Its nice to know there is activity in Cleveland. shark&minnow (Hallie Bram who is a co-worker of mine) are pulling together an independently organized TED event here in February. Not only that, she asked me if I would do a presentation. After seeing 36 Views of a Bridge, she and Eric Kogelschatz told me they hadn't seen anyone else around Cleveland doing anything of the sort, especially working with a relatively inexpensive DIY solution just out of a basement.
I mentioned about how I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have without the help of the open source communities, from NUIGroup for building the hardware and CCV to Processing and Open Flash APIs to work with. After talking with Hallie for a while, I had decided that I didn't necessarily want to just talk about the multitouch experiments I've been working on, I'd prefer to talk about something deeper. I want to talk about how I just happened to find something I became passionate about and how there are other people out there that share that passions, and because of open source communities and collaboration, anyone can follow their passion and excel with it.
So now, its time to start actually putting together a presentation worth listening to... and I'd give it a 85% chance that I'll have a multitouch table setup there to show off as well. But we'll see.
Tags: Cleveland, conference, multitouch, speaking, TED
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November 20th, 2009
My Google Code page has been updated! After what has seemingly been forever.
I've created a widget that I'd like to share with everyone. A small for keyboard for use in Flash TUIO multitouch (experiments) projects. The form I based off of my Google Android Phone and iPhone style. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: actionscript, Flash, Multi-Touch, multitouch, TUIO, Tutorial, widget
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