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Illuminating Clay: A 3-D Tangible Interface for Landscape Analysis

Video presentation from the 2002 CHI conference. This paper describes a novel system for the real-time computational analysis of landscape models. Users of the system Ð called Illuminating Clay Ð alter the topography of a clay landscape model while the changing geometry is captured in real-time by a ceiling-mounted laser scanner. A depth image of the model serves as an input to a library of landscape analysis functions. The results of this analysis are projected back into the workspace and registered with the surfaces of the model. We describe a scenario for which this kind of tool has been developed and we review past work that has taken a similar approach. We describe our system architecture and highlight specific technical issues in its implementation. We conclude with a discussion of the benefits of the system in combining the tangible immediacy of physical models with the dynamic capabilities of computational simulations. Author(s): Ben Piper, Carlo Ratti & Hiroshi Ishii                                              
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Video Information
Year: 2002
Genre: Educational
Keywords: CHI: Tangible user interface; 3D laser scanner; landscape design; physical models; GIS; DEM
Duration: 00:02:06
Color: Yes
Sound: Yes
Amount of Motion: Low
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Contributing Organization: Assocation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Transcript Available: No

Digitization Information
Digitization Date: 2003
Digitizing Organization: Open Video Project

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