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/* //<>// TUIO 1.1 Demo for Processing Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Martin Kaltenbrunner <[email protected]>

ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. */ // Import the cornerstone warp correction library

// import the TUIO library import TUIO.*; import gifAnimation.*; // declare a TuioProcessing client TuioProcessing tuioClient;

import deadpixel.keystone.*;

Keystone ks; CornerPinSurface surface;

// these are some helper variables which are used // to create scalable graphical feedback float cursor_size = 400; float object_size = 60; //the square representing the fiducial float table_size = 900; // size of the feedback float scale_factor = 1; float angle; PFont font;

//FADE INS float fadeinA = 0; float fadeinB = 0; float fadeinC = 0; float fadeinD = 0; float UfadeinA = 0; float UfadeinB = 0; float UfadeinC = 0; float UfadeinD = 0;

float Ufadein1A = 0; float Ufadein1B = 0; float Ufadein1C = 0;

float fadein1A = 0; float fadein1B = 0; float fadein1C = 0;

float Ufadein3A = 0; float Ufadein3B = 0; float Ufadein3C = 0;

float fadein3A = 0; float fadein3B = 0; float fadein3C = 0;

float Ufadein4A = 0; float Ufadein4B = 0; float Ufadein4C = 0;

float fadein4A = 0; float fadein4B = 0; float fadein4C = 0;

float Ufadein5A = 0; float Ufadein5B = 0; float Ufadein5C = 0;

float fadein5A = 0; float fadein5B = 0; float fadein5C = 0; // Timer for hints

float timer= 0;   boolean Point1Hint = false; boolean Point2Hint = false; boolean Point3Hint = false; boolean Point4Hint = false; boolean Point5Hint = false; boolean Point6Hint = false;

//Turn off screen float StandbyTimer = 0; PShape StandbyRect;

//  float = Data type for floating-point numbers, e.g. numbers that have a decimal point.

boolean verbose = false; // print console debug messages boolean callback = true; // updates only after callbacks

/////////////////////////// POINT1 float Point1=0; PShape Point1HintCircle; PImage Point1AImg; PImage Point1BImg; PImage Point1CImg; float P1Mark = 0; PImage P1Marker;

Gif Point1Red;

String Point1ATxt = "Designed by William Burges and consecrated in 1870, the current cathedral is built on the site of at least two previous structures dedicated to Finbarr of Cork The first dated from the 7th century, with works continuing through the 12th century. This building was damaged during the Siege of Cork (1690), and a new structure was built in 1735. " ; String Point1BTxt = "The Current version from 1860 exceeded its initial budget of £15k, bringing the total cost to almost £100. The style of the building is Early French, Burges's favoured period. Burges oversaw all aspects of the design, including the architecture of the building, the statuary, the stained glass and the internal decoration. The result is \"undoubtedly Burges's greatest work in ecclesiastical architecture\"" ; String Point1CTxt = "Noteworthy features of its magnificent interior include stained glass windows depicting scenes from the Old and New Testaments, marble mosaics from the Pyrenees while the the sanctuary ceiling portrays Christ, surrounded by angels. The building contains more than 1,260 sculptures, a particularly ornate pulpit and even a 24-lb cannonball, a legacy of the Siege of Cork in 1690.";

// UpsideDown Point1 float UPoint1;

float UP1Mark = 0; PImage UP1Marker;

Gif Point1Blue;

////////////////////////// POINT2 float Point2=0; PShape Point2HintCircle; PImage Point2AImg; PImage Point2BImg; PImage Point2Grey; float P2G = 0;

float P2Mark = 0; PImage P2Marker;

Gif Point2Red;

String Point2ATxt = "Grand Parade was originally a channel of the River Lee. The original Hiberno-Norse settlement of Cork grew up on its west bank. By 1726, buildings had developed on the east bank, but the river channel remained in place. In a 1774 map, the northern portion of the street between Oliver Plunkett Street and Daunt Square had been reclaimed, but the southern portion was still a dock. Finally, by 1801, the river channel had completely disappeared and the street was fully present. The elevated doors can still be seen today on the buildings as a reminder of the old river." ; String Point2BTxt = "The tram system was built by Cork Electric Tramways and Lighting Company in the 19th century throughout Cork. The ease of access to transport in Cork was detrimental to a boom in the cities infrastructure. The tram lines running through grand parade started in St. Patrick’s Street and ran to Douglas and Black Rock." ;

// UpsideDown Point2 float UPoint2;

float UP2Mark = 0; PImage UP2Marker; Gif Point2Blue;

/////////////////////////////////////POINT3 float Point3=0; PShape Point3HintCircle; PImage Point3AImg; PImage Point3BImg; PImage Point3CImg; float P3Mark= 0; PImage P3Marker; Gif Point3Red;

String Point3ATxt = "Philip de Barry invited the Dominicans to Cork in 1229 and the order built a church called St Mary's of the Isle. Some stones from the medieval church are set into the walls of the present Dominican priory on Pope's Quay. The foundation stone of the present St Mary's was laid in 1832 and on 20 October 1839 the church was officially opened" ; String Point3BTxt = "Built in the first half of the nineteenth century, this church was designed by Cork architect Kearns Deane, and the portico was added by Deane and Woodward. The imposing scale of the building makes it a notable addition to the quayside, which is accentuated by the elevated position of the church" ; String Point3CTxt = "The fine interior is attributed to John Pyne Hurley, the baldacchino is attributed to Scannell of Cork, while the pulpit and high altar were designed by George Goldie and added in the 1880s. This church forms part of an interesting group of Roman Catholic buildings with the related priory buildings to the north." ;

// UpsideDown Point3 float UPoint3;

float UP3Mark= 0; PImage UP3Marker; Gif Point3Blue;

///////////////////////////////POINT4 float Point4=0; PShape Point4HintCircle; PImage Point4AImg; PImage Point4BImg; PImage Point4CImg; PImage Point4Grey; float  P4Mark = 0; PImage P4Marker; float P4G = 0; Gif Point4Red;

String Point4ATxt = "The centre of Cork city is built on marshy islands in the tidal estuary of the river Lee. Channels of the river originally separated these islands, and some of these channels were spanned in the eighteenth century to form the principal streets of Cork city centre. Among these is Saint Patrick's Street." ; String Point4BTxt = "Parts of Patrick Street were extensively damaged during the Irish War of Independence in the \"Burning of Cork\". It followed an ambush by the IRA of a Briitish patrol in the city. The Black and Tans retaliated by setting fire to several buildings in the city. " ; String Point4CTxt = "There was substantial disruption to services and destruction of some tramcars during The Burning of Cork in December 1920. The events which occurred to the driver, John Hurley, conductor Alex Garvey and passengers on tramcar no 3 were recorded in the Cork Examiner:" ; String Point4DTxt = "Passengers by the last tram to St. Luke's Cross, which left the Statue at 9 p.m. on Saturday, had a rather eventful journey. The car had got about 60 or 70 yards beyond Empress Place police barracks when a number of men in police uniform, carrying carbines and accompanied by Auxiliaries in plain clothes, held it up. They ordered all the passengers off at the point of revolvers. Male passengers were somewhat roughly handled and then ordered to line up for search. Some few were inclined to run and a voice rang out: \"I'll shoot anyone who runs.\" All then stopped but some shots were fired in the air while the searches were being conducted. In some cases when the search was completed the person searched was ordered home, getting a bit of a rough send-off. The tramcar was then broken in by the police and a rifle shot was discharged, the smell of powder permeating the air. The tramcar was brought back to the Statue by the driver and conductor who when it neared there were ordered off. It was later set on fire and completely destroyed.";

// UpsideDown Point4 float UPoint4;

Gif Point4Blue;

float  UP4Mark = 0; PImage UP4Marker;

///////////////////////////////////////POINT 5 float Point5=0; PShape Point5HintCircle; PImage Point5AImg; PImage Point5BImg; Gif Point5Red;

float  P5Mark = 0; PImage P5Marker; float P5G = 0;

String Point5ATxt = "The Custom House was built in 1818 and was designed by the architect Abraham Hargrave. 1882 it became the headquarters of the Cork Harbour Commissioners, now known as the Port of Cork Company. Its elegant boardroom, where the meetings of the members of the company are held, was constructed in 1906." ; String Point5BTxt = "It became known as the ‘new’ Custom House. Its main work dealt with inland revenue. In 1882 it became the headquarters of the Cork Harbour Commissioners. The old Custom House in Emmet Place is now part of the complex of buildings which houses the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery." ;

// UpsideDown Point5 float UPoint5;

Gif Point5Blue;

float  UP5Mark = 0; PImage UP5Marker;

PShape rectangle; PShape Lsquare; PShape Rsquare;

PShape TestCircle1; PShape TestCircle2; PShape TestCircle3; PShape Whitespace;

PImage img;

PImage TheMap;

// GIFS Gif BlueStart; Gif RedStart;

float Map = 0; float y = 0;

float g = 0;

// Vars for rotations float UAngle; float Angle;

PGraphics offscreen;

void setup() {  // GUI setup

 size(1050, 750,P3D);

 ks = new Keystone(this);    surface = ks.createCornerPinSurface(1050, 750, 20);

    offscreen = createGraphics(1050, 750, P3D);

 noStroke();  fill(255, 255, 255);

  BlueStart = new Gif(this, "T2SBlue.gif");  BlueStart.loop();

 RedStart = new Gif(this, "T2SRed.gif");  RedStart.loop();

 Point1Blue= new Gif(this, "FBBlue.gif");  Point1Blue.play();

 Point1Red= new Gif(this, "FBRed.gif");  Point1Red.play();

   Point2Red = new Gif(this, "GPred.gif");  Point2Red.play();

 Point2Blue = new Gif(this, "GPblue.gif");  Point2Blue.play();

 Point3Red = new Gif(this, "MCRed.gif");  Point3Red.play();

 Point3Blue = new Gif(this, "MCBlue.gif");  Point3Blue.play();

 Point4Red= new Gif(this, "PSRed.gif");  Point4Red.play();

 Point4Blue = new Gif(this, "PSBlue.gif");  Point4Blue.play();

 Point5Red = new Gif (this, "CHRed.gif");  Point5Red.play();

 Point5Blue = new Gif(this, "CHBlue.gif");  Point5Blue.play();

 rectangle = createShape(RECT,100,300,100,50);  rectangle.setStroke(color(255));  rectangle.setStrokeWeight(4);  rectangle.setFill(color(127));

 // periodic updates  if (!callback) {    frameRate(60);    loop();  }  // or callback updates

 font = createFont("Arial", 18);  scale_factor = height/table_size;

 // height stores the height of the display window that is set in the size() call

 // finally we create an instance of the TuioProcessing client  // since we add "this" class as an argument the TuioProcessing class expects  // an implementation of the TUIO callback methods in this class (see below)  tuioClient  = new TuioProcessing(this);

  offscreen.tint(255, 127);  StandbyRect = createShape(RECT,0,0, displayWidth, displayHeight);  StandbyRect.setFill(color(0,0,0));  StandbyRect.setStroke(false);

 Whitespace = createShape(RECT, 0, 0, displayWidth, displayHeight);  Whitespace.setFill(color(254,197,87));  Whitespace.setStroke(false);

// IMAGES FOR POINT1 Point1AImg = loadImage("Point1AImg.jpg"); Point1BImg = loadImage("Point1BImg.png"); Point1CImg = loadImage("Point1CImg.png");

TheMap = loadImage("Map.png");

// IMAGES FOR POINT2   Point2AImg = loadImage("Point2AImg.png");   Point2BImg = loadImage("Point2AImg.png");

  Point2Grey = loadImage("Grey3.png");

  P2Marker = loadImage("RedMark.png");   UP2Marker= loadImage("BlueMark.png");

//IMAGES FOR POINT3 Point3AImg = loadImage("Point3AImg.png"); Point3BImg = loadImage("Point3BImg.png"); Point3CImg = loadImage("Point3CImg.png");

//IMAGES FOR POINT4 Point4AImg = loadImage("Point4AImg.png"); Point4BImg = loadImage("Point4BImg.png"); Point4CImg = loadImage("Point4CImg.png");

Point4Grey = loadImage("Grey3.png");

 //IMAGES FOR POINT5 Point5AImg = loadImage("Point5AImg.png"); Point5BImg = loadImage("Point5BImg.png");

}

// within the draw method we retrieve an ArrayList of type <TuioObject>, <TuioCursor> or <TuioBlob> // from the TuioProcessing client and then loops over all lists to draw the graphical feedback. void draw() {

 offscreen.beginDraw();  offscreen.background(255);  textFont(font,18*scale_factor);  float obj_size = object_size*scale_factor;  float cur_size = cursor_size*scale_factor;

 ///////////////////////////////////// BEGINNING    if(Map==0){      offscreen.tint(255,255);    offscreen.image(RedStart, 520, 450);    offscreen.image(BlueStart, 520, -30);    }

 ////////////////////////// CITY MAP    if(Map==1){

     offscreen.shape(Whitespace, 0,0);

     TheMap.resize(700,700);    offscreen.image(TheMap, 300, 20);   Point2Grey.resize(180, 180);   Point4Grey.resize(180,180);   offscreen.tint(255, 200);   if(P2G ==0){   offscreen.image(Point2Grey, 550, 400); }   if(P4G==0){// grand parade   offscreen.image(Point4Grey, 700, 300);} // st. patricks    offscreen.tint(255, 255);  }  //////////////////////////////  Standy mode

 if (StandbyTimer <2500){StandbyTimer += 1;};

 if (StandbyTimer >= 2500){

 }

 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// HINTS

/*if (timer < 500 &&Map==1){timer += 1;};

  if(timer>=500){     if(Point1Hint == false){      shape(Point1HintCircle, 500, 100);}      if(Point2Hint  == false){    shape(Point2HintCircle, 600, 400);}    if(Point3Hint == false){    shape(Point3HintCircle, 800, 600);}   }  */  if(y==1){    img.resize(300, 150);    image(img, 00, 100);  }

 //////////////////////// POINT MEDIA

 // Point 1 St. Finbarre's  if(Point1==1){    if(fadein1A >= 0){fadein1A += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein1A);    Point1AImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point1AImg, 0, 100);    textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point1ATxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);    fadeinB = 0;  

    offscreen.image(Point1Red, 240, 450);  }

   if(Point1==2){    if(fadein1B >= 0){fadein1B += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein1B);    Point1BImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point1BImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point1BTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);     offscreen.image(Point1Red, 240, 450);  }

    if(Point1==3){    if(fadein1C >= 0){fadein1C += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein1C);    Point1CImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point1CImg, 0, 100);    textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point1CTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);     offscreen.image(Point1Red, 240, 450);  }

 if(UPoint1==1){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein1A >= 0){Ufadein1A += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein1A);    Point1AImg.resize(300,150);   offscreen.image(Point1AImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein1A);    textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point1ATxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);    UfadeinB = 0;

     offscreen.image(Point1Blue, 240, 450);  }

  if(UPoint1==2){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein1B >= 0){Ufadein1B += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein1B);    Point1BImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point1BImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein1B);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point1BTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);  offscreen.image(Point1Blue, 240, 450);

 }

  if(UPoint1==3){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein1C >= 0){Ufadein1C += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein1C);    Point1CImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point1CImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein1C);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point1CTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);     offscreen.image(Point1Blue, 240, 450);  }

 /////////////////////////// POINT 2

 if(P2Mark == 1){

  offscreen.image (P2Marker, 550, 400);     P2Marker.resize(180,180);

 }

  if(UP2Mark == 1){

  image (UP2Marker, 550, 400);     UP2Marker.resize(180,180);

 }

 if(Point2==1){

   if (fadeinA >= 0){fadeinA += 20;};  offscreen.tint(255, fadeinA);  Point2AImg.resize(300, 150);  offscreen.image(Point2AImg, 0, 100);  offscreen.fill(#000000, fadeinA);  offscreen.textSize(10);  offscreen.text( Point2ATxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);  offscreen.fill(0, 0, 0);  offscreen.tint(255, 255);  fadeinB=0;

 offscreen.image(Point2Red, 490, 340);  }

 if(Point2==2){

   if (fadeinB >= 0){fadeinB += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, fadeinB);    Point2BImg.resize(300, 150);   offscreen.image(Point2BImg, 0, 100);     offscreen.fill(#000000, fadeinB);   offscreen.textSize(10);   offscreen.text(Point2BTxt, 10, 300, 300, 300) ;   offscreen.tint(255, 255);   offscreen.image(Point2Red, 490, 340); }

/////////////////////////////////// UPSIDE DOWN POINT 2  if(UPoint2==1){    offscreen.image(Point2Blue, 490, 340);

    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));    if (UfadeinA >= 0){UfadeinA += 20;};  offscreen.tint(255, UfadeinA);  Point2AImg.resize(300, 150);  offscreen.image(Point2AImg, -50, 100);  offscreen.fill(#000000, UfadeinA);  offscreen.textSize(10);  offscreen.text(Point2ATxt, -50, 300, 300, 150);  offscreen.fill(0, 0, 0);  offscreen.tint(255, 255);  UfadeinB=0;

  offscreen.rotate(radians(-180));

    offscreen.translate(-1300,-700);

 }

 if(UPoint2==2){

    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));    if (UfadeinB >= 0){UfadeinB += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, UfadeinB);    Point2BImg.resize(300, 150);   offscreen.image(Point2BImg, -50, 100);     offscreen.fill(#000000, UfadeinB);   offscreen.textSize(10);   offscreen.text(Point2BTxt, -50, 300, 300, 300) ;   offscreen.tint(255, 255);

     offscreen.rotate(radians(-180));     offscreen.translate(-1300,-700);        offscreen.image(Point2Blue, 490, 340); } ///////////////////// Point 3

//St. Mary's

 if(Point3==1){    if(fadein3A >= 0){fadein3A += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein3A);    Point3AImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point3AImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point3ATxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);    fadein3B = 0;      offscreen.image(Point3Red, 430, 60);

 }

   if(Point3==2){    if(fadein3B >= 0){fadein3B += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein3B);    Point3BImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point3BImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point3BTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);    offscreen.image(Point3Red,  430, 60);  }

    if(Point3==3){    if(fadein3C >= 0){fadein3C += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein3C);    Point3CImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point3CImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point3CTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);    offscreen.image(Point3Red,  430, 60);  }

 if(UPoint3==1){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein3A >= 0){Ufadein3A += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein3A);    Point3AImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point3AImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein3A);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point3ATxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);    Ufadein3B = 0;

     offscreen.image(Point3Blue,  430, 60);  }

  if(UPoint3==2){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein3B >= 0){Ufadein3B += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein3B);    Point3BImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point3BImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein3B);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point3BTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);  offscreen.image(Point3Blue,  430, 60);

 }

  if(UPoint3==3){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein3C >= 0){Ufadein3C += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein3C);    Point3CImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point3CImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein3C);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point3CTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);     offscreen.image(Point3Blue, 430, 60);  }

///////////////////// Point 4

// Point 4 SAINT PATRICKS  if(Point4==1){    if(fadein4A >= 0){fadein4A += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein4A);    Point4AImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point4AImg, 0, 100);   offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point4ATxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);    fadeinB = 0;       offscreen.image(Point4Red, 630, 240);

 }

   if(Point4==2){    if(fadein4B >= 0){fadein4B += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein4B);    Point4BImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point4BImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point4BTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);     offscreen.image(Point4Red, 630, 240);  }

    if(Point4==3){    if(fadein4C >= 0){fadein4C += 20;};    offscreen.tint(255, fadein4C);    Point4CImg.resize(300, 150);    offscreen.image(Point4CImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point4CTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.fill(0,0,0);    offscreen.tint(255, 255);     offscreen.image(Point4Red, 630, 240);  }

 if(UPoint4==1){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein4A >= 0){Ufadein4A += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein4A);    Point4AImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point4AImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein4A);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point4ATxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);    Ufadein4B = 0;

     offscreen.image(Point4Blue, 630, 240);  }

  if(UPoint4==2){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein4B >= 0){Ufadein4B += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein4B);    Point4BImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point4BImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein4B);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point4BTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);  offscreen.image(Point4Blue,630, 240);

 }

  if(UPoint4==3){    offscreen.translate(1300,700);      offscreen.rotate(radians(180));

      if (Ufadein4C >= 0){Ufadein4C += 20;};       offscreen.tint(255, Ufadein4C);    Point4CImg.resize(300,150);    offscreen.image(Point4CImg, 0, 100);    offscreen.fill(#000000, Ufadein4C);    offscreen.textSize(10);    offscreen.text(Point4CTxt, 10, 300, 300, 150);    offscreen.rotate(radians(-180)); offscreen.translate(-1300,-700); offscreen.tint(255, 255);     offscreen.image(Point4Blue, 630, 240);  }

 ArrayList<TuioObject> tuioObjectList = tuioClient.getTuioObjectList();  for (int i=0;i<tuioObjectList.size();i++) {     TuioObject tobj = tuioObjectList.get(i);     offscreen.stroke(204, 122, 97);     if(tobj.getSymbolID() ==8){       offscreen.stroke (135, 165, 214);     }     offscreen.fill(255,255,255);     offscreen.pushMatrix();     offscreen.translate(tobj.getScreenX(1050),tobj.getScreenY(750));     offscreen.rotate(tobj.getAngle());     //rect(-obj_size/2,-obj_size/2,obj_size,obj_size);         offscreen.ellipse(-obj_size/2,-obj_size/2, 130,130); // this changes the image that follows the fiducial to a white cirle, making it easier for the camera to see the fiducial    // image(rot8, -obj_size/2, -obj_size/2); // this changes the image that follows the fiducial to a GIF

    offscreen.popMatrix();     //fill(255);     //text(""+tobj.getSymbolID(), tobj.getScreenX(width), tobj.getScreenY(height));

  }

  ArrayList<TuioCursor> tuioCursorList = tuioClient.getTuioCursorList();   for (int i=0;i<tuioCursorList.size();i++) {      TuioCursor tcur = tuioCursorList.get(i);      ArrayList<TuioPoint> pointList = tcur.getPath();

     if (pointList.size()>0) {        stroke(0,0,255);        TuioPoint start_point = pointList.get(0);        for (int j=0;j<pointList.size();j++) {           TuioPoint end_point = pointList.get(j);           line(start_point.getScreenX(width),start_point.getScreenY(height),end_point.getScreenX(width),end_point.getScreenY(height));           start_point = end_point;        }

       stroke(192,192,192);        fill(192,192,192);        ellipse( tcur.getScreenX(width), tcur.getScreenY(height),cur_size,cur_size);        fill(0);        text(""+ tcur.getCursorID(),  tcur.getScreenX(width)-5,  tcur.getScreenY(height)+5);      }   }

 ArrayList<TuioBlob> tuioBlobList = tuioClient.getTuioBlobList();  for (int i=0;i<tuioBlobList.size();i++) {     TuioBlob tblb = tuioBlobList.get(i);     stroke(0);     fill(0);     pushMatrix();     translate(tblb.getScreenX(width),tblb.getScreenY(height));     rotate(tblb.getAngle());     ellipse(-1*tblb.getScreenWidth(width)/2,-1*tblb.getScreenHeight(height)/2, tblb.getScreenWidth(width), tblb.getScreenWidth(width));     popMatrix();     fill(255);     text(""+tblb.getBlobID(), tblb.getScreenX(width), tblb.getScreenX(width));   }

  offscreen.endDraw();  background(0);

 // render the scene, transformed using the corner pin surface  surface.render(offscreen); }

void keyPressed() {  switch(key) {  case 'c':    // enter/leave calibration mode, where surfaces can be warped    // and moved    ks.toggleCalibration();    break;

 case 'l':    // loads the saved layout    ks.load();    break;

 case 's':    // saves the layout    ks.save();    break;  } }

// -------------------------------------------------------------- // these callback methods are called whenever a TUIO event occurs // there are three callbacks for add/set/del events for each object/cursor/blob type // the final refresh callback marks the end of each TUIO frame

// called when an object is added to the scene void addTuioObject(TuioObject tobj) {  if (verbose) println("add obj "+tobj.getSymbolID()+" ("+tobj.getSessionID()+") "+tobj.getX()+" "+tobj.getY()+" "+tobj.getAngle()); }

// called when an object is moved void updateTuioObject (TuioObject tobj) {   println("set obj "+tobj.getSymbolID()+" ("+tobj.getSessionID()+") "+" Angle=  "+tobj.getAngle()          +"x=  " + tobj.getX()+ "Y=  " + tobj.getY() + "Timer = " + timer /*"Rspeed "+""+tobj.getRotationSpeed()+" "+"MAccell  "+""+tobj.getMotionAccel()+" "+"RAccel  "+""+tobj.getRotationAccel()*/);

//////////////////////////////////////START STUFF

if(tobj.getX()>0.47&&tobj.getX()<0.5&&tobj.getY()>0.75&&tobj.getY()<0.8&&/*tobj.getRotationSpeed()>.30&&*/tobj.getSymbolID()==2  && Map==0){

Map=1; }

if(tobj.getX()>0.47&&tobj.getX()<0.5&&tobj.getY()>0.16&&tobj.getY()<0.217&&/*tobj.getRotationSpeed()>.30&&*/tobj.getSymbolID()==8 && Map==0){

Map =1; }

///////////////////////////////////// MAP 1

if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.35&&tobj.getX()<0.37&&tobj.getY()<.15&&tobj.getY()>.10&&tobj.getRotationSpeed()>.14&&tobj.getSymbolID()==12){  y=1;  Point1HintCircle.setFill(color(50, 0, 0)); ;};

//----------------------------------------------------POINT 1 if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.21&&tobj.getX()<0.30&&tobj.getY()<.82&&tobj.getY()>.7&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2){ println("Upsidedown is a go. UPoint1=" + UPoint1);

 timer=0;  Point1Hint = true;

 if(Point1<1){  Angle = tobj.getAngle(); Point1=1;}

if (Angle+2 > 6.1){  UPoint1=0;}

 if(tobj.getAngle()> UAngle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() < Angle + 2){    Point1 = 2;    fadein1A=0;    fadein1C=0;}

   if(tobj.getAngle() > Angle + 2 ){ Point1=3; fadein1B= 0; }

if(Point1 > 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 1 ){

 Point1=0;

}

} //RESET Map if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2&&(tobj.getX()<0.21||tobj.getX()>0.30||tobj.getY()>.82||tobj.getY()<.7)){  Point1=0;  fadein1A=0;  fadein1B=0;  fadein1C=0;

}

//----------------------------------------------------POINT 1 UPSIDE DOWN if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.21&&tobj.getX()<0.30&&tobj.getY()<.82&&tobj.getY()>.7&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8){ println("Upsidedown is a go. UPoint1=" + UPoint1);

 timer=0;  Point1Hint = true;

 if(UPoint1<1){  UAngle = tobj.getAngle(); UPoint1=1;}

if (UAngle+2 > 6.1){  UPoint1=0;}

 if(tobj.getAngle()> UAngle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 2){    UPoint1 = 2;    Ufadein1A=0;    Ufadein1C=0;}

   if(tobj.getAngle() > UAngle + 2 ){ UPoint1=3; Ufadein1B= 0; }

if(UPoint1 > 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 1 ){

 UPoint1=0;

}

} //RESET Map if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8&&(tobj.getX()<0.21||tobj.getX()>0.30||tobj.getY()>.82||tobj.getY()<.7)){  UPoint1=0;  Ufadein1A=0;  Ufadein1B=0;  Ufadein1C=0; }

//--------------------------------------------------------POINT2 if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.42&&tobj.getX()<0.53&&tobj.getY()<.73&&tobj.getY()>.558&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2){  println("angle of fiducial = " + tobj.getAngle());  println("Angle TEST  " + Angle);  timer=0; P2G = 1;

 if(Point2<1){  Angle = tobj.getAngle();   Point2=1; }

if (Angle+2 > 6.1){  Point2=0;}

if( tobj.getAngle() >= Angle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() <= Angle + 2 ){

Point2=2; fadeinA = 0; fadeinC = 0; }

if(Point2 > 1 && tobj.getAngle() <= Angle + 1 ){

 Point2=0;

}

}

if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2&&(tobj.getX()<0.42||tobj.getX()>0.53||tobj.getY()>.73||tobj.getY()<.55)){ Point2=0; fadeinA=0; fadeinB=0; fadeinC=0;

if(UP2Mark==0&& P2G >= 1&& UPoint2==0 ){  P2Mark=1; } }

//-------------------------------------------------------- UPSIDE DOWN POINT2 if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.42&&tobj.getX()<0.53&&tobj.getY()<.73&&tobj.getY()>.55&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8){  println("angle of fiducial = " + tobj.getAngle());  println("Angle TEST  " + Angle);  timer=0; P2G = 1;

 if(UPoint2<1){  Angle = tobj.getAngle();  UPoint2=1;

}

if (Angle+2 > 6.1){  UPoint2=0;}

if( tobj.getAngle() >= Angle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() <= Angle + 2 ){

UPoint2=2; UfadeinA = 0; UfadeinC = 0; }

if(UPoint2 > 1 && tobj.getAngle() <= Angle + 1 ){

 UPoint2=0;

}

}

if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8&&(tobj.getX()<0.42||tobj.getX()>0.53||tobj.getY()>.73||tobj.getY()<.55)){ UPoint2=0; UfadeinA=0; UfadeinB=0;

if(P2Mark==0&& P2G >= 1 && Point2==0 ){  UP2Mark=1; } }

//----------------------------------------------------POINT 3 if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.37&&tobj.getX()<0.49&&tobj.getY()<.42&&tobj.getY()>.19&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2){

 timer=0;  Point3Hint = true;

 if(Point3<1){  Angle = tobj.getAngle(); Point3=1;}

if (Angle+2 > 6.1){  UPoint3=0;}

 if(tobj.getAngle()> UAngle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() < Angle + 2){    Point3 = 2;    fadein3A=0;    fadein3C=0;}

   if(tobj.getAngle() > Angle + 2 ){ Point3=3; fadein3B= 0; }

if(Point3> 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 1 ){

 Point3=0;

}

} //RESET Map if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2&&(tobj.getX()<0.37||tobj.getX()>0.49||tobj.getY()>.42||tobj.getY()<.19)){  Point3=0;  fadein3A=0;  fadein3B=0;  fadein3C=0; }

//----------------------------------------------------POINT 3 UPSIDE DOWN if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.37&&tobj.getX()<0.49&&tobj.getY()<.42&&tobj.getY()>.19&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8){ println("Upsidedown is a go. UPoint1=" + UPoint1);

 timer=0;  Point3Hint = true;

 if(UPoint3<1){  UAngle = tobj.getAngle(); UPoint3=1;}

if (UAngle+2 > 6.1){  UPoint3=0;}

 if(tobj.getAngle()> UAngle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 2){    UPoint3 = 2;    Ufadein3A=0;    Ufadein3C=0;}

   if(tobj.getAngle() > UAngle + 2 ){ UPoint3=3; Ufadein3B= 0; }

if(UPoint3 > 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 1 ){

 UPoint3=0;

}

} //RESET Map if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8&&(tobj.getX()<0.37||tobj.getX()>0.49||tobj.getY()>.42||tobj.getY()<.19)){  UPoint3=0;  Ufadein3A=0;  Ufadein3B=0;  Ufadein3C=0; }

//----------------------------------------------------POINT 4 if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.52&&tobj.getX()<0.65&&tobj.getY()<.66&&tobj.getY()>.40&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2){ println("Upsidedown is a go. UPoint1=" + UPoint4);

 timer=0;  Point4Hint = true;

 if(Point4<1){  Angle = tobj.getAngle(); Point4=1;}

if (Angle+2 > 6.1){  UPoint4=0;}

 if(tobj.getAngle()> UAngle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() < Angle + 2){    Point4 = 2;    fadein4A=0;    fadein4C=0;}

   if(tobj.getAngle() > Angle + 2 ){ Point4=3; fadein4B= 0; }

if(Point4> 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 1 ){

 Point4=0;

}

} //RESET Map if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==2&&(tobj.getX()<0.52||tobj.getX()>0.66||tobj.getY()>.66||tobj.getY()<.40)){  Point4=0;  fadein4A=0;  fadein4B=0;  fadein4C=0; }

//----------------------------------------------------POINT 4 UPSIDE DOWN if(Map==1&&tobj.getX()>0.52&&tobj.getX()<0.65&&tobj.getY()<.66&&tobj.getY()>.40&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8){ println("Upsidedown is a go. UPoint1=" + UPoint1);

 timer=0;  Point4Hint = true;

 if(UPoint4<1){  UAngle = tobj.getAngle(); UPoint4=1;}

if (UAngle+2 > 6.1){  UPoint4=0;}

 if(tobj.getAngle()> UAngle + 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 2){    UPoint4 = 2;    Ufadein4A=0;    Ufadein4C=0;}

   if(tobj.getAngle() > UAngle + 2 ){ UPoint4=3; Ufadein4B= 0; }

if(UPoint4 > 1 && tobj.getAngle() < UAngle + 1 ){

 UPoint4=0;

}

} //RESET Map if(Map==1&&tobj.getSymbolID()==8&&(tobj.getX()<0.52||tobj.getX()>0.66||tobj.getY()>.66||tobj.getY()<.40)){  UPoint4=0;  Ufadein4A=0;  Ufadein4B=0;  Ufadein4C=0; }

}

// we have to think about how rotating will change media? The angle cant be used because the fiducial cold be at any angle when it interacts // Has to be the change in angle. I could set a function to get the fiducials angle when it comes into contact with an interaction point // Store that angle in a var and change media when the changed angle is a certain amount of degrees bigger than the var

//In order to differentiate who sees what media at what angles, maybe when they do the first twist, I can assign that fiducial an id or variable, //and then use the co-ordinates and rotation of that variable to activate media

// called when an object is removed from the scene void removeTuioObject(TuioObject tobj) {  if (verbose) println("del obj "+tobj.getSymbolID()+" ("+tobj.getSessionID()+")"); }

// -------------------------------------------------------------- // called when a cursor is added to the scene void addTuioCursor(TuioCursor tcur) {  if (verbose) println("add cur "+tcur.getCursorID()+" ("+tcur.getSessionID()+ ") " +tcur.getX()+" "+tcur.getY());  //redraw(); }

// called when a cursor is moved void updateTuioCursor (TuioCursor tcur) {  if (verbose) println("set cur "+tcur.getCursorID()+" ("+tcur.getSessionID()+ ") " +tcur.getX()+" "+tcur.getY()          +" "+tcur.getMotionSpeed()+" "+tcur.getMotionAccel());  //redraw(); }

// called when a cursor is removed from the scene void removeTuioCursor(TuioCursor tcur) {  if (verbose) println("del cur "+tcur.getCursorID()+" ("+tcur.getSessionID()+")");  //redraw() }

// -------------------------------------------------------------- // called when a blob is added to the scene void addTuioBlob(TuioBlob tblb) {  if (verbose) println("add blb "+tblb.getBlobID()+" ("+tblb.getSessionID()+") "+tblb.getX()+" "+tblb.getY()+" "+tblb.getAngle()+" "+tblb.getWidth()+" "+tblb.getHeight()+" "+tblb.getArea());  //redraw(); }

// called when a blob is moved void updateTuioBlob (TuioBlob tblb) {  if (verbose) println("set blb "+tblb.getBlobID()+" ("+tblb.getSessionID()+") "+tblb.getX()+" "+tblb.getY()+" "+tblb.getAngle()+" "+tblb.getWidth()+" "+tblb.getHeight()+" "+tblb.getArea()          +" "+tblb.getMotionSpeed()+" "+tblb.getRotationSpeed()+" "+tblb.getMotionAccel()+" "+tblb.getRotationAccel());  //redraw() }

// called when a blob is removed from the scene void removeTuioBlob(TuioBlob tblb) {  if (verbose) println("del blb "+tblb.getBlobID()+" ("+tblb.getSessionID()+")");  //redraw() }

// -------------------------------------------------------------- // called at the end of each TUIO frame void refresh(TuioTime frameTime) {  if (verbose) println("frame #"+frameTime.getFrameID()+" ("+frameTime.getTotalMilliseconds()+")");  if (callback) redraw(); }

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Testing of the table.

The initial home screen works fine with no problems, once it gets to the map, the UI needs to be changed slightly to cater for the detail on the map that is conflicting with the interaction point. This can be done by making the white circle under the fiducial bigger.

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Assets Links

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/mapsimages/corkphotographs/corkcameraclubhistoricalphotos/ropewalk/ (ROPEWALK)

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/mapsimages/corkphotographs/corkcameraclubhistoricalphotos/grandparadeandsouthmall/ (GRAND PARADE)

http://corkheritage.ie/?page_id=980 

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/mapsimages/corkphotographs/corkcameraclubhistoricalphotos/customhouse/  (CUSTOMS HOUSE)

http://timetravelireland.blogspot.ie/2013/06/spike-island-county-cork.html  (SPIKE ISLAND)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Island,_County_Cork  (SPIKE ISLAND)

http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2016/09/20/spike-island-military-engineering-history-irelands-alcatraz/  (SPIKE ISLAND)

http://www.spikeislandcork.ie/sites/default/files/Spike_Island_Activity_Workbook.pdf  (SPIKE ISLAND)

http://www.royalcork.com/club-history/  (ROYAL CORK)

http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/grandparade/  (GRAND PARADE)

http://www.corkcity.ie/aboutcork/historyofcork/18thcenturycork/ 

http://www.crawfordartgallery.ie/cork18.html

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Paper on understanding museum visitors & link to a book to further this info

Paper: http://slks.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/dokumenter/KS/institutioner/museer/Indsatsomraader/Brugerundersoegelse/Artikler/John_Falk_Understanding_museum_visitors__motivations_and_learning.pdf

One quite interesting part of the paper is a study that they conducted to see what factors of the museum contributed most to their visit & helped to back up their long term memories. Interestingly the last factor on the list was “visiting the gift shop/cafe” We could definitely use this as an argument on how we want to make the cafe one of the main factors that contribute to the users long term memory of the museum. This will obviously have to be done subtly but also memorable.

Book: http://site.ebrary.com.cit.idm.oclc.org/lib/cit/detail.action?docID=10641972 

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Potential Trev Ideas

Trumps rise to Fame through social media stats from when he was announced to now

Hashtag trends for the last few years

Large image made up of tweets against trump

Egg timer trump

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Epic Ireland Visit.

As part of our FYP we decided to undertake some research by going to 3 museums in Dublin. We chose the EPIC Ireland museum, the GPO museum and the National Leprechaun museum also. We chose EPIC Ireland mainly because it appears to be one of the top interactive museums in Ireland and certainly one of the most up to date ones ( I will touch on the experience later in this post ). We chose the GPO mainly out of curiosity however we felt this was a bit of a let down as it wasn’t the best experience. It was just like your average museum with exhibits and a brief history behind the time in a fairly boring manner. There was one or two uses of digital interactivity, however these weren’t the most engaging experiences. One thing we did find quite interesting was the way they navigated through a digital map. There was an overhead view of an old map of Dublin and when you chose an area on the map, the camera level changed to almost like a street view. Here is an example: http://gph.is/2jCg60v Lastly was the National Leprechaun Museum, this was the ultimate let down. We read on their website that it was an “interactive” experience and we were fooled by that. We immediately thought that if it says it’s interactive, it must involve technology.. The experience was a guided tour that involved a lot of storytelling. It did its job well as an actual storytelling experience, however it just wasn’t what we were looking for.

EPIC Ireland

Now onto the main museum of this post which is the EPIC Ireland one. Overall we found this experience to be brilliant! Our expectations were blown away. The museum utilised multiple technologies very well while at the same time making it a fun, interesting and immersive experience. 

We were very happy to see that the museum used a lot of technologies that we had conducted research into such as, Fiducials & Reactables, Kinect technology, projections and directional sound. All of this technology worked very well together in a seamless and effortless way. 

One very cool thing was that you are given a passport when you go in and you must stamp it when you pass through each section of the museum, sections include things like “music” and “sports”

In one of the first rooms they gave you a brief history on emigration and this was done through the form of reinactments. On one TV screen there was a man/woman dressed up as someone from the time and they are giving personal anecdotes of what happened at the time while on the other screen there are visuals and pictures to further the persons story. (1) https://giphy.com/gifs/ai4EvGl2mSNva  (2) http://gph.is/2jCcWKf

Although a lot of the museum involved screen based activities it was still very nicely laid out and used very clean animations (1) http://gph.is/2kqWDnv (2) https://giphy.com/gifs/tLQm2BVAkF2Eg (3) http://gph.is/2kr24CS (4) http://gph.is/2ksRnjp 

The use of projections was very cool in the museum! A lot of the technology we had researched appeared so that was a great relief. The use f projectors, mirrors and the kinect was a huge feature throughout the museum as seen here http://gph.is/2kt6Wrf

One of the features we were blown away by was their ability to project onto glass and yet make it touchscreen at the same time! After a bit of research, we came to the conclusion that they use capacitive touch sensors on a pane of glass and through the use of projectors and mirrors they were able to create the images on the glass. http://gph.is/2kt6Wrf

- Aaron Fahy

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Unreal Engine model of Old Cork River with examples of visulas combined with directional sound and information on the franciscan well

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Fiducials Test

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Edgar Dale

Very relevant to the problem question and can be applied across other questions too! 

Basically it’s the pyramid that states that people learn more when they are actually physically engaged in the activity rather than just reading/observing.

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Dr. John H. Falk

Absolutely brilliant article that breaks down the fundamentals for understanding a visitor to a museum

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Is the Role of the Curator Evolving?

Increasingly, the curatorial role is focused on audience engagement and collaboration, rather than specialized knowledge.

Interesting piece on museum curators. Basically questions whether or not curators are becoming redundant and says that curators of the 21′st century are more like TV hosts and a lot less like scholars and this is because of advancements in technology, racial roles etc. They maintain that it is not a dying trade as curators can provide an extra dimension to an exhibit that technology may not be able to provide such as annecdotes. The could be the difference between someone coming back or not.

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Testing out the Arduino in conjunction with a Vibration/Piezo sensor. We aimed to get a sound clip to play once a hit was detected on the sensor. It took us a while to get but we were successful after all. You can see in the video that on one hit no audio plays. That is because we had the code in Processing set up to play the audio once the sensor surpasses its threshold of 360. I have attached a picture of the code also.

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We got a sensor to work with audio, it is the first step of our frisbee underway. We have a plan set out for the next 2 weeks that we are sticking to and feel that now we have one sensor working, the rest should be relatively easy.

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Testing out various technologies for our project. 

Ben was testing out Kinect technology. We were trying to make it so if you were to make a certain gesture, the skeleton would recognize this and it would execute code. We found this difficult but we reckon we are almost there.

Aaron was using the arduino in conjunction with a sensor. The aim of the arduino was to try and trigger a sound if the sensor detected a hit. We were successful with this and feel we could definitely implement this technology.

Lastly we tried out Reactivision, which is an open source programme that used QR code like patterns called Fiducials. The fiducials are all unique so they can execute different types of code. We found this technology very difficult to use as it is quite dated and there didn’t seem to be a lot of help online however we will not rule it out just yet.

Overall we gained a lot from messing around with the technologies and we will continue to do so to see what extra elements we could add to our project.

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Blog Post 8: Freedrum

I came across this project on The Verge website today. It’s a kickstarter project called Freedrum by freedrum rocks. The idea is a virtual drumkit that fits in your pocket. It also saves space and can be listened to with headphones, unlike the traditional drumkit. They state that “ Freedrum is designed to create an immersive experience for drummers of any skill level!”

It works by putting sensors on drumsticks and pairing them with a device such as a smartphone. It doesn’t require any Wi-fi and it runs on battery that usually lasts around a week. The best thing is that the sensors are interchangeable so you can also attach them to your shoes to act as a kick pedal.

The company recommends using iPhone & iPads when pairing as it supports Garageband. The company have successfully gotten the technology to work on MacOS and Windows 10. Freedrum works with any program or app that supports Bluetooth Midi.

They have tested it with Android and have come across slight audio latency so they are working to improve on that.

Freedrum uses the new Bluetooth MIDI standard which provides very low latency and makes it compatible with most iOS and macOS music software. It is powered by a small LiPo-battery and can be fully charged within an hour. Inside the actual hardware there is a PCB with a gyroscope that can detect movement and interprets them as a drum hit. All of this is transmitted to MIDI & the MIDI signal is sent via Bluetooth to the connected app e.g. Garageband which then play it back through headphones or speakers.

I found this to be a really interesting project and it actually ties in with me and Bens frisbee idea.

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Educational Final 1

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