Project Number
- 257
Title
- ActiveCube
Description
- Interactive bi-directional interface for constructing virtual 3D objects through real-world physical cubes.
Contact
- Yoshifumi Kitamura
Affiliation
- Osaka University
Address
- 2-1 Yamadaoka
- Suita-shi
- Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Suita-shi
- kitamura@eie.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
WWW
Year
- 2000
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 2000 Conference Abstracts and Applications
Project Details
- "With this bi-directional interface, users manipulate physical cubes to construct and interact with 3D virtual objects."
- "All of the faces of the cubes are the same and can be connected to any face of any other cube. The computer recognizes the constructed 3D structure in real time, so consistency is always maintained between reality and its corresponding representation in a virtual environment."
- "Each cube is equipped with a processor for autonomous simulation and communication functions between cubes. The cubes also have a sensor to detect the operational intention of the user and/or a display-actuator output channel."
Sight
- graphics workstation, ActiveCube
Sound
Touch
- ActiveCube
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 3 - Functional, Reproducable, Adoption
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 205 - tangible / gesture interface
Secondary
- 105 - emerging technology
Remarks
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