UPDATED PLANS - Heart Locket 'The Illusionist'

Even though it is not Multi-Touch related, many people have been asking about the construction of these lockets, so I'll try and explain it. I didn't have time to sit down and actually draw up some plans so I thought I’d better put something on paper before I forgot how I made it!


I made this locket after watching the movie 'The Illusionist'. No-one had successfully made a fully functioning locket, and after searching some forums I found that many people wanted them.

Modifying some plans I found on the forum, I set out to make one and completed it on April 7th 2007 in time for my girlfriend Lisa's birthday.

The following document consists of early diagrams and photos of the finished product (before I glued it into place).

Enjoy!

Download

Heart_Locket_Plans.pdf (File Size: 419KB - Downloads: )



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CHALKmt - A Multi-Touch Chalk Board Application

CHALKmt is a multi-touch chalk board application that I made using AS3. CHALKmt allows multi-user/multi-touch interaction of Chalk Boards that can be scaled/rotated/moved and even wiped clean!



There are 2 versions available for download (Wall & Table). The difference between the 2 is the number and position of the '+' buttons that add the Chalk Boards to the screen. The Wall version (ChalkMTWall_Beta 1.0.rar) has 2 top left & top right, while the table version (ChalkMT_Beta 1.0.rar) has 4 on each corner.

This just makes the layout easier for the different Multi-touch setups people are using.



I hope you like it, and as always your feedback is welcome!

Download:

Wall Version: ChalkMTWall_Beta 1.0.rar (1.08Mb)
Table Version: ChalkMT_Beta 1.0.rar (1.08Mb)
MAC Test Version: ChalkMT_Beta 1.0_MAC.zip (4.4Mb)

touchWorldWind Beta is Available Now!

As we have been promising, there is now a version available for download of touchWorldWind. Please note that touchWorldWind is still a beta version and has only been released due to popular demand.
There are still some ironing out to do with some of the gestures etc, that Taha and I are working on…

Having said that, enjoy the download!

Download: touchWorldWind (2.63Mb)

The download includes a readme file explaining the features/requirements...

POP!mt - A Multi-touch Bubble Wrap Game (Beta 3.1)

POP!mt (Beta 3.1) is now a Multi-player Bubble wrap game for 1-4 Players.

How to Play:

The aim is to pop all your bubbles before the other players do.
The first player to do so will be prompted with a “Player x Wins” screen.
Pressing Reset clears the canvas of pressed bubbles and starts the game again.

What's New?

- New Player VS CPU 'timed' mode
- Added 'Exit' and 'Continue' buttons
- Selection of 'Widescreen' or 'Normal' table format

Check out the screenshots below and like always, feedback is welcomed!

Download: POP!mt 3.1 Beta (1.8Mb)

Also check out the original NUIGroup post here

MATCHmt - A Multi-Touch Memory Game

Improve your memory skills!

This is a multi-touch Memory game I made called MATCHmt.

The object of the game is to turn over pairs of matching icons by pressing the tiles. If the icons match, then they are removed from the board. If not, they are returned to their original state. Once all the icons have been matched, the game is over and you win!

It’s a very simple game currently using Farm Icons, but it can be very addictive! It has been designed for kids and adults of all ages.

Hopefully simple games like these will inspire more games...

It is written in Flash AS3 and uses touchlib's OSC to send touch events to the game.

Download: MATCHmt 1.0(1.78Mb)

POP!mt - A Multi-touch Bubble Wrap Game (Part 2)

POP!mt is now a Multi-player Bubble wrap game for 2-4 Players. The aim is to pop all your bubbles before the other players do.
The first player to do so will be prompted with a “Player x Wins” screen (see below screenshots)
Pressing Reset clears the canvas of pressed bubbles and starts the game again.

I got the idea to make this game from this post and also flash Bubble Wrap game that I’d play to “de-stress” at work. After seeing the above post and the request for Multi-touch from Nuiman, I thought “How hard can that be?” and that’s when POP!mt was born.

At this stage the game uses Mark’s Touch library (as I want to make my own) which can be found here:

I’ve added some screen shots of the game and a Beta version for whoever wants to give it a go.

Feedback is welcomed!

Click the link below to download the game:
POP!mt 2.0 Beta (File Size: 1.39MB)







There is also a quick video on YouTube (or older post here:) showing the very first version in action.

Enjoy!

UPDATED - NASA World Wind Plugin

When I fully tested the plugin I found that it was all over the place. So I recompiled the plugin and I fixed some issues like correct long/lat movement, fixed pinch and spread measurements and now I'm looking into why it goes weird when you reach the dateline / poles. Also the rotate is a little off and needs attention.

Try this one out for some fixes, but more updates soon… (hopefully)

Download:

UPDATED_DanTouchEarthPlugin.rar (file size: 10kb)

See the updated post on NUI Group here

NASA World Wind Plugin

Ok, so it's been a long time coming, and I have stumbled onto a plugin for NASA World Wind. http://oldspeak.net/worldwind/ Unfortunately, this version doesn't work :( However, our good friend at NUI Skeeet, has re-compiled it, and we have a working version!

Here's a quote from the original website:

WorldWind Multitouch Plugin

This is a rudimentary, stub, C# WorldWind plugin which listens for multitouch input using the TUIO protocol, and interprets a basic set of finger gestures to control WorldWind. Supported gestures are single finger drag to spin the globe, pinch and spread to zoom, and two-finger rotate to roll the camera.


You’ll need:

* NASA WorldWind 1.4
* A working installation of touchlib or reacTIVision (or for testing, TUIO Simulator)

To run the plugin:

Copy DanTouchEarthPlugin.dll into your WorldWind 'Plugins' folder, start WorldWind, and use the Plugins menu to load the 'DanTouchEarthPlugin' plugin. Once the plugin is loaded, it will start listening for TUIO events. Next, use touchlib (run OSC.exe) or (easier) the JAVA TUIO_Simulator to generate TUIO events.

Please see the original post at NUIGroup here for more info.

Download:

You can download a working version from here: DanTouchEarthPlugin.rar (file size: 10kb)

I've tested the plugin using Using OSC + simple-2point.avi and it works very well.

The movement is limited but finally a plugin for Nasa WW that I happened to stumble onto while surfing the net! Yay!

More testing to come!

NOTE: I have updated this post and download link to refer to the newer one.

Please see updated link here

App Loader (+ User Background Image) Plus Guide!

AppLoader (+ user background image) is now available. I have modified the code slightly to allow for a background image of your choice to be displayed.

Click on the link to download: AppLoader.rar (Size: 3.33Mb)

Screenshots:




A long Press (5 seconds) will activate the pop-up menu to allow you to exit the program by pressing 'x'...see above pics


I have also written this easy guide for anyone who wants to make there own.

Before i start, I have included the files needed to run your own AppLoader so don't worry. :-) Also, I am an absolute beginner at flash so if I can do it, so can you!

I have also included the source files if you wanna make your own changes too :) ... I didn't write this program (and I can't find out who did - it's not in the readme on the SVN), but it's really easy to modify so here goes...

Getting Started:

1) Download the attached file below.

2) Once you have extracted the files, they should be added in your [b]'deploy'[/b] directory (e.g. C:\Multitouch\touchlib\AS3\src\deploy and make sure that the global flash security settings link to the swf or folder.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html

(I selected my entire directory (/src) and added it to the site to make sure that any program I put in the 'src' or 'deploy' directory will run without an issue. )

Adding Apps / Editting AppLoader:

So now I'm gonna try and explain how to edit it... There is a script inside the AppLoader.as file that enables custom background images when activated. I have already done this and given you the AppLoaderBack.exe file for that.

The Background image can be changed at any time by changing the file "\deploy\www\img\apploaderBack.jpg".

Applications can be added by editing the file "\deploy\www\xml\applist.xml"

I edited the applist.xml file and added the name of the program I wanted. Under the Category in the applist.xml file you will find the name of the program (e.g. WaterRipples) and the description to be displayed (Water Ripples for fun). The AppLoader will then look for the file “WaterRipples.swf” in the ‘deploy’ directory to try and load it when the load button is pressed. (NOTE: AppLoader only loads .swf files).

If you change the ‘name’ in the applist.xml file, then you need to change the .swf name in the deploy directory.

Here’s a sample of my applist.xml file:

<app>
<name>WaterRipples</name>
<body>Water Ripples for fun</body>
</app>

Sometimes if though you do this, the app still wont load! I’ve found that a different build of the app (.swf) may fix this.

To get the screenshots and thumbnails to work, you’ll need to put the files under "\deploy\www\img\apps" They are (E.g. “WaterRipples_screenshot.jpg” and “WaterRipples.png")
You must make the name the same as the name listed in the applist.xml file for the images to be displayed. The Thumbnail size default is 72x72 and the Screenshot file is 395x295.

I’m running 2 types of Ripples. One is the default (Blue screen - ripples.swf) and the other is called WaterRipples (by wSatori), which can be customizable to display a video background, pebbles, still images...etc.

You can find it here:

wSatori's WaterRipples