Posts made in April, 2010
Senior Design Video Project – Scene 1
So one of the final stages of our senior design project is to create a “professional” looking video that focuses on the project’s research contributions. We spent most of the weekend working on this and too my surprise this takes significantly longer than I originally thought. All the video was shot with a Canon D550 using either the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM lens or the Canon 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM lens. We are using Final Cut Pro for our post production which is kind of a love-hate relationship right now. Here is a rough version of scene...
Read MoreSenior Design Project – iPad Multimodal Rummy
So my Senior Design team has been working nonstop for the past few days writing our multimodal multi-touch card game. The game uses iPhones as private displays and an iPad as a communal display. The private displays allow the players to manage (sort and group) their cards on their private display as well as aid the user on when they can/cannot laydown – which we found in user studies was a common problem for new players. The iPad acts as a communal display allowing players to perform common actions such as drawing, discarding and laying down. But we’ve also implemented advance features that allows players to race for a Joker once another player puts...
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