Interactive globe display
posted Sep 2nd 2008 9:58am by Caleb Kraftfiled under: arduino hacks, classic hacks, misc hacks, peripherals hacks
[ERASME] built this interactive globe interface for an exhibit on Inuit people and their land. The goal was to have a tactile input device to Google Earth data. The unit is composed of a half globe for location selection, a touch pad for layer selection, and a Wiimote for view changes.They had to develop their own driving application for Google Earth as none exists for Linux. The software, called KeyEvents takes inputs from all the devices and mimics keyboard and mouse control in Google Earth.
There is much more information on how they got the pieces to work together, as well as some videos in french showing the device working. One thing that stands out though is that they decided to use direct association on their Wiimote, thus stopping rogue Wiimotes from gaining control. Who would carry a Wiimote around just to hijack public displays? We would.
[thanks Leucos]
That’s pretty sweet. Now to combine it with a holographic generator (http://hackedgadgets.com/2007/07/04/holographic-video/) and we’ll be ready to attack a death star..!
Posted at 2:27 pm on Sep 2nd, 2008 by Louis II