Projects from the HCT lab Active Projects ArtiSynth ACTIVE A software toolkit for 3D modeling and simulation of biomechanical systems. >>more Collaboration with Large Displays ACTIVE Exploring how large upright and horizontal (tabletop) displays can be used to support collaborative activity in meeting and office room contexts. >>more Cubee ACTIVE Cubee is an reactive cubic 3D display >>more Hive ACTIVE A framework for distributed and modular processing. >>more Local Positioning System ACTIVE A system designed to compute the positions of moving objects in indoor spaces accurately. >>more Malleable Surface Interface ACTIVE An interface that captures whole-hand input through a malleable surface medium can be used to perform operations involving deformations which would otherwise be difficult with hard surfaces. >>more Multiple Laser Pointers Interaction ACTIVE Using laser pointers as input devices in large display environment. >>more MyView ACTIVE A system for capture and display of context aware multi-stream video. >>more OPAL ACTIVE Dynamic Modeling of the Oral, Pharyngeal, and Laryngeal Complex for Biomedical Applications. >>more OpenVL ACTIVE A developer-friendly interface to computer vision. >>more pCubee ACTIVE A personal cubic 3D display >>more Personal Territories on Public Displays ACTIVE Large displays are often used to display public information. This project aims to rectify the awkward collaborative dynamics that occur when interacting with personal information on large public displays. >>more Smart TV ACTIVE -A vision-based system to enable interaction with the TV at home. >>more Social Navigation and Folksonomies ACTIVE Social Navigation and Folksonomies: An Analysis of Social Strategies for Semantic Classification in Information Ecologies >>more Swimming Across the Pacific ACTIVE Exploring the use of swimming as a new paradigm for virtual environment navigation. >>more Visual Voice ACTIVE Gestural Control of DIgital Ventriloquized Actors >>more Archived Projects 1,001,001 Faces A colour-wheel-like interface built with FaceGen, OpenGL and Tcl/Tk that enables users to navigate in face space. >>more 2D Articulatory Vocal Tract Model for Artisynth This project implements a 2D Vocal Tract model for Artisynth. >>more Caressing sound and image A project to explore the semantics of touch and caress using a new multipoint touch developed by Tactex Controls. >>more Cellphone Objects in jMax Exploring the use of cellular phones as objects in a signal-processing programming language. >>more Echology An installation piece exploring collaborative interaction with a soundscape, inviting participants to engage in peaceful play with Beluga whales at the Vancouver Aquarium. >>more Expression of Evolution Through Sound The Expression of Evolution Through Sound is a jMax based genetic algorithm implementation that creates an audio experience based on evolving a set of frequencies for harmony. >>more FlowField FlowField is an exploration of the semantics of caress and study of the possibilities of multi-touch control >>more Forklift Ballet The Forklift Ballet is an homage to the special relationship between humanity and machinity. In the performance forklifts are driven by skilled drivers in a dance celebrating people and their machines. >>more French Surface A new technique for 3D surface design in computer graphics, inspired by a drafter's French curves. >>more Glove-TalkII GloveTalkII is a system that maps hand gestures to speech. It uses an artificial vocal tract model so the mapping between gestures and sound is continuous, just like a musical instrument. >>more Hand Modeling for Adaptive Interfaces Developing novel techniques for geometry and prediction of hand models, and adaptive gesture mapping. >>more Iamascope The Iamascope is an interactive multimedia artwork. The Iamascope combines computer video, graphics, vision, and audio technology enabling performers to create striking imagery and sound based on interactive kaleidoscope reflections. >>more Interactive, Genetically Generated Music (IGGM) Controlling a genetic algorithm to facilitate textured music compostion. >>more KEYed User Interface Overlaying computer controls of a sequencing program onto a music keyboard. >>more MetaMuse MetaMuse is a system for controlling sound synthesis using the metaphor of water being poured from a watering can and falling like rain onto various surfaces. >>more Mixing Shadow into Video imagery Mixing Shadows into Video Imagery. A statistical foreground extraction algorithm. >>more MUSICtable The MUSICtable is a ubiquitous multi-user interface that supports exploration of a digital music collection at a party. >>more Pedal Panner The pedal panner allows a musician to pan sound with one foot. A two degree of freedom foot pedal with vibro-tactile (haptic) feedback indicates the current position of the sound for effective panning. >>more PlesioPhone PlesioPhone is a series of four interactive artworks that explore the future of human communication throught the medium of the telephone/cellphone. >>more SIDgroove A monophonic audio synthesizer based around the MOS 6581 sound interface device (SID) IC from the Commodore 64. >>more Sound Room SoundRoom is a sound experience installation. Sound is piped from various locations around the site using air tubes. The tubes converge in the SoundRoom listening table. Visitors sitting around the table using special airphones participate in a sound ceremony. >>more Sound Weave Sound Weave is a weaving of used audio tape cassettes. Using a modified loom, participants can weave used audio tape to form a tape-stry. >>more The 2Hearts Project Enhancing non-verbal communication through music and graphics >>more The Memory Collage An explorature of the capturing and presentation of memorable events in the social environment. >>more TkOGL A package extension to the Tcl scripting language that enables a user to utilize OpenGL on Windows and Linux platforms. >>more Tooka: a Two Person Flute Three two-person musical instruments are described. Tooka: a two person flute measures air pressure in a tube with buttons for two flautist to play together. Pushka and Pullka are conceptual instruments that use a common stick and a common string respectively for two players. >>more Universal Interface Controller An interface for communicating sensor data between a interface controller and computer >>more Video Cubism An interactive video visualisation technique useful for image analysis and generation of artwork that is aesthestically interesting in its own right. >>more Waking Dream Waking Dream is a multimedia performance artwork that explores reality as the border between awake and dreaming. Infrared technology provides access to the dark, unconscious world of dreams. >>more Last updated: 2002 HCT