3D Particle System on a Multitouch Table

Flow Visualization
image from Jens Krüger, Peter Kipfer, Polina Kondratieva, Rüdiger Westermann,
A Particle System for Interactive Visualization of 3D Flows,
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS,
VOL. 11, NO. 6, 11. 2005

A Particle System for Interactive Visualization of 3D Flows developed by the chair for computer graphics (http://wwwcg.in.tum.de/Research/Publications/PartSystem) and visualization should be integrated on a multitouch table. The challenging task is to find intuitive gestures for interacting in 3d with a 2d input device. TISCH, a multitouch Table, which includes an ftir multitouch sensor and shadow tracking developed by Florian Echtler should be used as hardware. As development framework the cross-platform, cross-device LibTISCH should be used. The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to get to know the TISCH framework, to get to know detailed knowledge about user interaction on a multitouch device and to develop a 2d gesture based interaction for 3d content. Finally the application should be evaluated.

Tasks:

• In depth literature search
• Detailed user interaction concept
• Integration of the 3d flow visualisation software
• Evaluation of the prototype

Requirements

• Communication skills and the ability to work in a team
• Extraordinary motivation and the commitment to high performance
• High interest in visualisation and new user interfaces

Contact

• Eva Artinger : artingee@in.tum.de

Projektseite

• Application Flow Visualization: Demo