Urban Visuals » custom interface http://uvilab.com Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:06:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Science World Consumption Exhibit http://uvilab.com/2010/consumption-exhibit/ http://uvilab.com/2010/consumption-exhibit/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:46:30 +0000 Nathan http://uvilab.com/?p=738 As the centerpiece for the recently remodelled electricity exhibit, the Consumption Game that we built for Science world commands attention.

The goal of the game is to save electricity by turning off appliances as they display each of the 14 screens. It's a race against time as players run around the exhibit, hitting the buttons below each display to deactivate the appliance. Meanwhile the LED tube displays remaining electricity, and the screens on the central column display remaining electricity and elapsed time.

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As the centerpiece for the recently remodelled electricity exhibit, the Consumption Game that we built for Science world commands attention.  The goal of the game is to save electricity by turning off appliances as they display on the screens. It’s a race against time as players run around the exhibit, hitting the buttons below each display to deactivate the appliance. Meanwhile the LED tube displays remaining electricity, and the screens on the central column display remaining electricity and elapsed time.

This exhibit blends standard hands on game play with a digital component that allows for the game to be adjusted and updated with simple software changes. The software and media driven interface will allow us the ability to create a completely different game in the future, with minimal hardware changes.

The game was written using the Processing framework for Java. The exhibit uses a number of custom interface elements, including 14 Digitalview media players controlled by RS-232, 15 practically indestructible buttons to start the game and “turn off” appliances, and a custom acrylic LED column with 5 channels of RGB LEDs, all controlled by a Mac mini. Additionally, the unit can re controlled remotely and all system variables and timers can be configured over a web interface.

]]> http://uvilab.com/2010/consumption-exhibit/feed/ 0 Bespoke lighting control http://uvilab.com/2008/bespoke-lighting-control/ http://uvilab.com/2008/bespoke-lighting-control/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:23:12 +0000 konstantinos http://colleeen.com/uv/?p=8 LED interfaces For each of our installations we create a custom control interface for the venue. This allows for a more user friendly and site specific approach, something that is created specifically for the people that use the system. With this approach the possibilities with respect to what the interface can be are endless. Sometimes are more raw literal interface is more practical, where the light patterns, colour and animation are clearly shown (above left) or an interface that refers to the physical design elements where the lights are imbedded (above right).

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