BitDrones OS A Programmable Matter System
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Braley, Sean
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eng
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Programmable Matter , 3D Tangible UIs , Tangible UIs , Organic UIs , Human Centered Computing , Claytronics , Real Reality Interfaces
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This work presents the BitDrones System, a platform for developing interactive 3D tangible user interface applications. This system is a first step towards interactive self-levitating programmable matter. Although there have been many attempts to create programmable matter, BitDrones represents a unique contribution where the voxels are self-levitating, and completely controllable in 3D, all while still allowing user interactions. Several generations of BitDrones units are presented, beginning with BitDrones that are single self-levitating pixels and moving to fully graspable 3D tangible voxels. Each BitDrone consists of a 3D printed wireframe cube with RGB LEDs mounted on a nano-quadcopter, which allows it to self-levitate. Groups of BitDrones are controllable directly by the user through a series of unimanual, bimanual, gestural, and embodied controller interactions. Interactions such as Touch and Drag are possible simply by grasping and moving the BitDrones. Gestural interactions such as Point and Click allow the user to manipulate remote BitDrones. Also described are several application scenarios that are possible with the BitDrones system. These include a 3D Canvas, a tangible Grid, an animation recording and playback, and an embodied controller designed to operate as Flying LEGO Bricks.
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Copying and Preserving Your Thesis
This publication is made available by the authority of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private study and research and may not be copied or reproduced except as permitted by the copyright laws without written authority from the copyright owner.