Art, culture and creativity
Augmented reality sandbox
Activities proposed
A hands-on sandbox exhibit combined with 3D visualization applications. Simply mold the sand by hand and the landscape comes to life! The sand is augmented in real-time with an elevation color map, topographic contour lines, and simulated water [inspired by UC Davis].
An Xbox Kinect depth sensor captures the sand surface in real time. Our processing code turns the 3D data into a color map: red = higher, light blue = deeper. The map—together with contour lines and simulated water basins—is projected onto the sand, enhancing what you sculpt with your hands.
It’s a hands-on augmented-reality demo: a sandbox + 3D sensing + live projection to “see” topography come to life.
Topics
Disciplines
Biology and Biotechnology
Chemistry and Materials Science
Engineering and Computer Science
Interdisciplinary
Medicine and Pharmacology
Physics and Astronomy
- Organization
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University of Salento (UniSalento)
- Department/Institute
- Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "E. De Giorgi", INFN Lecce, CNR-Nanotec
- Laboratory
- Omnics Research Lab, European Infrastructure on Magnetism (EMFL), Italian Innovative Research Infrastructure on applied Superconductivity (IRIS)
- Partner Organizations
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Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR)
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM)
- Scientific Responsibles
- Fausto Sirsi, Angelo Leo, Angelo Milone, Silvia Rizzato, Anna Grazia Monteduro, Giuseppe Maruccio con la partecipazione degli studenti di Fisica
