Tag Archive for 'NUI'

Introducing The EarTrack

Published on March 8, 2012 in Arduino and Projects. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

Here we have a quick photo of  a quick mini project I put together last night whilst playing with my new Sparkfun BluetoothMate. The EarTrack. Features include full 9DOF tracking (inc Yaw, Pitch and Roll right out the box), Bluetooth serial (thanks to the BluetoothMate) connection (fast data transfer) and even USB recharging.

The device can be used to provide head tracking capability for natural user interface(s) and VR and is soon to be released as an open source project :) just as soon as I have finished putting together a little accompanying windows app and library etc. If you cant wait a few days send me a mail and i’l see what I can do beforehand (you will just need to parse the serial stream).

The EarTrack is to be the first of many open source projects demonstrating my research into Assistive Technology and Natural User Interface peripheral development.

More information and a how to guide to follow shortly :)

Personal Kinect Demo

Published on August 18, 2010 in News. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

I was lucky enough to have a personal introduction to Microsoft’s new wonder device Kinect (formally Natal) the other day. Instead of the usual game demo I managed to persuade the team to give me a look at artifacts such as calibration etc and all in all I can officially say that I was impressed, despite a few avatar glitches.

Kinect Demo 1

Kinect Demo 2

One thing that did surprise me however, was just how big Kinect is. Video coming soon… hopefully!

An Exploration of Simultaneous Pen + Touch Direct Input

Published on July 25, 2010 in Elsewhere. Closed Tags: , , , , .

This I really like, check out the following video and remember if you need a stylus, then you blew it! Ok that’s probably a miss interpreted phone reference.

The official spiel as taken from the YouTube posting, goes something like this:

Manual Deskterity is a prototype digital drafting table that supports both pen and touch input. We explore a division of labor between pen and touch that flows from natural human skill and differentiation of roles of the hands. We also explore the simultaneous use of pen and touch to support novel compound gestures.

Source: YouTube

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