Augmented Reality + Scratch

AR SPOT - A Tangible Programming Environment for Children

 

Team: 3 people
My Roles: Project Lead,

Lead Researcher / Designer / Developer

 

Development:
Smalltalk, C++, OpenCV

 

Purpose:

PhD. Research

 

 

Topics:

augmented-reality

children

education

cognition

hci
metaphors

user studies

AR Spot is the first augmented-reality authoring environment designed for children. An extension of MIT's Scratch project, this environment allows children to create games which are situated in the real world and controlled by physical interactions. The project explores how interaction metaphors can be used in an interface to match children's cognitive abilities with the capabilities of a complex technology. The project involves iterative system development and user studies.

 

Link: : Website (at GaTech Augmented Environments Lab)   

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Publications :

 

[1] Radu, Iulian, Yan Xu, and Blair MacIntyre. "Embodied metaphor elicitation through augmented-reality game design." In  Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children , pp. 412-414. ACM, 2013.
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[2] Radu, Iulian, and Blair MacIntyre. "Augmented-reality scratch: a children's authoring environment for augmented-reality experiences." In  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) , pp. 210-213. ACM, 2009.
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[3] Radu, Iulian, and Blair MacIntyre. “ AR SPOT: Authoring Augmented-Reality Experiences through Scratch” . Scratch@MIT Conference. Boston, USA. 2010
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MIDI Light Cubes

 

Purpose:

Personal Project

 

 

Team : 2 people

My Roles: Lead UX Designer, Lead Developer

 

Development:

C++, C#, Python, PHP

 

 

Topics:

electronics

prototyping

internet-of-things

gesture-control

With another colleague, I am developing a set of interactive objects that respond to their environment and each other. Some of these ambient artifacts are standalone, while others are Internet-of-Things enabled. I can’t say much because we are currently commercializing them.

 

 

 

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Birthday Lasers

Purpose:

Personal Project

 

Team : myself

 

Development:
C Arduino

 

 

Topics:

electronics

prototyping

lasers

 

One of my friends likes lasers. I built this Arduino-based laser system which uses motor-mounted mirrors to create shapes from laser beams. The system can be controlled through gestures (using reflected light sensed by photoresistors) or through knobs. Shapes can be saved into non-volatile memory and can be replayed or edited later, or just enjoyed in a loop. This was built to be given away as a birthday gift.

 

Presentations :

- Presentation for Atlanta Freeside Technology Spaces (PPTX)

- Video (youtube)

 

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Birthday Lightcube

 

Purpose:

Personal Project

 

Team : myself

 

Development:
C Arduino

 

 

Topics:

electronics

prototyping

 

This is my first experiment building a volumetric display. The cube has 256 lights arranged in a 4-layer lattice. It comes with several visualizations such as text scrolling and a variety of pulsing and blinking lights, which the user can control through a simple interface of knobs. Was built to be given away as a birthday gift.

 

 

 

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 - More Photos and Video (GooglePlus link)

          

 

 

 
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