As we move toward the design of richer interfaces for HMDs, I have decided to create a strong development pipeline for 3D modeling, animation, and IxD programming. We decided to use the zSpace display as a prototyping platform, together with Unity3D as the programming environment. The following video shows our implementation of the Unity Survival…
Transparent-display mobile devices have long been the focus on concept designs and visions of the future of interactive technologies. Taking the lead in commercializing such devices, some manufactures have release very basic phones such as the Lenove S800, without much success. Transparent mobiles present new challenges like where to locate the batteries or the perception…
NOTE: This information also applies to the ID-3LA reader. Sparkfun sells a lot of amazing electronic parts very appropriate for prototyping, I use it a lot! One of the things I have been using lately is the ID innovations series of RFID readers (ID-12 and ID-2). They are super easy to use and to integrate with…
For our work on GridOrbit we developed both software and hardware. One very simple, yet very useful, piece of hardware is the ProximityBar, which is a set of ultrasonic sensors that capture the distance of the nearest object to the public display. We are using the ProximityBar to infer the presence of people in from…
The following diagram shows my classification of some of the existing technologies for laboratory notebooks. The technologies are classified according to the degree to which the interaction is through paper or digital media (X axis, from Paper Input to Digital Input), and according to the degree of specificness of the technology for laboratory research (Y…
A big deal has been written about the subject in the past. Starting from the paperless office and the fully pervasive environments (with Pads and Tabs and Screens) of Weiser to paper augmented systems. There have even been fully electronic systems, built by the research community, like LabScape and SmartTea, and complete paper solutions with…
Juan David Hincapié-Ramos 