GCompris Camera Activity

GCompris:

GCompris is a high quality educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10.

“ Give a Child the Gift of Photography And You Give a Child a Key that CanOpen New Doors to Creative Expression, New Perspectives, Confidence, ArtisticAchievement, & Fun ”

This camera simulation implementation is an interactive training tool made for kids to allow them to visualize the outcome of digital photos. This application consists of a screen with a grid on the top left which enables photo selection to carry out experiment. The selected picture is displayed on the photo board. Slider controls on the bottom of the screen aids in demonstrating the six major camera functionalities including Lighting, ISO, Aperture, Distance, Focal Length, Aperture, Shutter Speed. To begin with, distance control is used to simulate how close or far you are in relation to the subject. Moving the focal length slider is the same as zooming in and out using camera lens. Shutter speed slider can be used to experiment with different indoor and outdoor lighting conditions or to capture or freeze the motion of pictures. Aperture on the other hand is connected with the shutter speed and indicates depth of the field. ISO property can be altered to generate over and underexposed photos. Camera button helps to capture the simulated picture in order to observe the result pattern.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/insidevivek

Team: Srishti Sethi

Sparsh

Sparsh – A Touch-sensitive desktop. “Sparsh” means “touch” in Hindi
– 2008, NovMultitouch, FTIR

Team:
Anirudh Sharma, Rahul Motiyar, Sudhanshu Gautam, Vivek Anand

Awards:
– 1st prize at IIT Kanpur Techkriti 2009.
– 1st prize at BITS Pilani’s Entrepreneurship Product Pitch Competition.
– Initial ConceptS work of “Team Sparsh” covered by Times Of India.

Sparsh is an interactive multi-touch table made by using FTIR techniques. In a team of 4, we designed, developed, and built a fully functional working prototype of a multi-touch console based on Jeff Han’s FTIR, with a range of software. It is a user interface that allows people to interact with computers and the digital content the same way they have interacted with everyday items their entire life: with their hands and with gestures. It allows photo manipulation, visual effects, virtual reality, painting, etc.

Later in 2010, we worked on Concept S, a media mashup wall for kids and the elderly.

Concept-S
– 2010, Feb

The project aimed at creating simple interactions for kids and people with keyboard-mouse illiteracy. We developed a graphical Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUIs) that could be easy, fun, and relatively easy for such target group. It is an interactive 100″ multitouch wall from India designed using Laser Light Plane (LLP) at IIT Delhi. This project was showcased at Degree Design Show at Industrial Design and Development Center (IDDC). It facilitates aerial gesture-based based human-computer interaction using infrared LED gloves.

MT mini | DIY | Cheaptest Multitouch setup

See jeff hen’s video below:

Materials Required (Hardware)-
-Cardboard Box
-Transparent/clear material like Piece of Glass/acrylic
-Paper sheet
-Normal Webcam or Video Camera.
-Computer
-Optional Picture Frame

Software – http://code.google.com/p/touchlib/

MT Mini is best for testing and you can make it in 7 to 8 hundred rupees. Prototyping is very easy.

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First Prize at IIT Kanpur’s Techkriti