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Illuminating clay: a 3-D tangible interface for landscape analysis

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Carlo Ratti, and

Hiroshi IshiiAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '02: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2002

Pages 355 - 362

https://doi.org/10.1145/503376.503439

Published: 20 April 2002 Publication History

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This paper describes a novel system for the real-time computational analysis of landscape models. Users of the system - called Illuminating Clay - 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.

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Index Terms

Illuminating clay: a 3-D tangible interface for landscape analysis
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Image and video acquisition
        3D imaging
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
    2. Interactive systems and tools

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