{"id":56,"date":"2015-11-29T06:31:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T06:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2022-07-14T12:52:08","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T12:52:08","slug":"project-mytui-development-of-a-low-cost-2-5d-shape-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=56","title":{"rendered":"Project MYTUI &#8211; Development of a low cost 2.5D Shape display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was an honours project \u00a0created by Paul Jordaan in 2015. The project produced both the prototype and a research paper. The aim of the project was:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In order to expand research on tangible interfaces more HCI researchers need access to<br \/>\nworking tangible interface systems. Since most tangible interfaces are still research based, they\u00a0are generally very costly to produce and as such available to a limited group of researchers that\u00a0have access to the necessary resources. This paper will discuss the design and development a\u00a0prototype for a low cost 2.5D shape display based open source software and built with\u00a0commercially available components.<br \/>\nBy making shape displays and tangible interfaces more affordable and less complex, more<br \/>\nresearchers will be able to build their own tangible interface and contribute to the field of<br \/>\nresearch.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can also watch the prototype in action below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6V9bgn9_c4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bHPW2zW9nns?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was an honours project \u00a0created by Paul Jordaan in 2015. 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Since most tangible interfaces are still research based, they\u00a0are generally &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=56\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Project MYTUI &#8211; Development of a low cost 2.5D Shape display&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[101],"tags":[83,111],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2015-work","tag-honours","tag-research-project"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Project MYTUI - Development of a low cost 2.5D Shape display - BIS Multimedia Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mm.up.ac.za\/?p=56\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Project MYTUI - Development of a low cost 2.5D Shape display - BIS Multimedia Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This was an honours project \u00a0created by Paul Jordaan in 2015. 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