UArts Portal Project

Joshua Calib Chadwick & Giacomo Francis Ciminello

welcome you.

the story thus far‌

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COL LAB O RA TION The Touching Love Story

Centralized Information Our goal was to provide an information hub for the UArts community to input and access university information.

Give Them a TV 71� Rear Projection Screen Streaming Photo Background Tied to a Twitter feed for announcements List view Google Calendar

(Please Stop Touching Our Touch Screen)

Allow for the Transition It was important to provide the old means of communication while users became familiar with how to interface with the new screen. (and to keep the screen clean)

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Affordances of Multitouch

Touch Screen, Baby, All Night Long Utilizing a vast open source community, we used touchscreen technology to create a public forum for accessing and communicating information.

NUI Noobs Welcome.

A NUI relies on a user being able to carry out relatively natural motions, movements or gestures. The ability to “pinch” and “spread” are already a part of a language that at least 71% of all cell phone carriers understand.

Multi-touch? Multi-User!

Beyond a multi-finger interface, the board can also become a multi-user interface that allows any number of students to interact with each other and the board at the same time.

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE

Touch Tech Comparison Technology Durability Stability Transparency Installation Touch Intense Light-Resistant Response Time Following Speed Waterproof

4-wire Resistive 3 Year High Bad Built In/Onwall Anything Good < 10Ms Good Good

SAW 5 Year Higher Good Built In/Onwall Finger/Pen Good 10Ms Low Moderate

Capacative 2 Year Moderate Moderate Built In Conductive Bad < 15 Ms Good Good

Infrared 5 Year High Good Onwall Finger/Pen Bad < 20 Ms Good Moderate

X, Y Detection Pressure Detection AirFlow Detection

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Hand

Diffusion Material Plexiglas

Infrared Camera

Infrared Illuminator

Rear Infrared Diffuse Illumination UArts User

Projection Screen

Infrared Camera

Infrared Illuminator

Projector

Requires Constant Calibration

Future Hardware A grid of nanowires are embedded in the thin polymer film that is just about 100 microns thick. A microcontroller processes the multiple input signals it receives from the grid.

Take away what they are used to...

...then give it right back.

To make the screen more approachable and to keep itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s function more apparent, the interface is meant to initially reflect the very means of communication it is trying to replace.

63% posters are not even visible

Sorts. Organizes.

Even Makes Julienne Fries.

Our digital interface allows the user to navigate the information with more ease and less clutter.

Users can apply sort by time, school or relationship to help them find the desired information more easily.

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posters allow a dialog

Open the â&#x20AC;&#x153;threadsâ&#x20AC;? of communication The interface facilitates communication and interaction throughout the UArts community

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Directory Campus Map Event Information Academic Calendar Course Listings Registration Messaging

Online Texts Class Sylabus Homework Submissions Open Discussions Collaborative Suite

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• reduce prep time • enhance critiques • save feedback • allow for versioning through a campus archive • reduce paper waste

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