About
The tuioZone library for Processing provides a way to set zones within a multi-touch screen to respond in useful ways to TUIO (1.0) messages sent from a tracking application, like tbeta. It processes TUIO events and provides methods to get data about each zone and related cursor data. This library, an alpha version, is very much a work in progress.
I am developing this library to support my thesis project in the Pervasive Technology Lab at IUPUI as part of my MS in Human-Computer Interaction. I would like to thank my thesis advisor, Dr. PollyBaker, and Dr. Tony Faiola for their guidance and for the opportunity to work with such an interesting technology. I would also like to thank Chris Basham and Tony Dewan for the construction of a great Multi-touch hardware set-up that uses FTIR. And Chris continues to provide me with advice on coding and interaction techniques.
Instructions
Unzip and put the extracted tuioZones folder into the libraries folder of your processing sketches. The source code, a reference Javadoc, and examples are included in the folder. You will also need the oscP5 library.
A tracker application, like tbeta, will be needed to send TUIO (1.0) messages to the application.
Download
(version 0.1.5) tuioZones - released 10/27/09
Notes: Added assignZoneToGroup(); added setZoneActive(); setZoneChildrenActive(); isZoneActive();.
(version 0.1.4) tuioZones - released 10/03/09
Notes: Added attachZoneTo() for attaching a child zone to a parent zone.
(version 0.1.3) tuioZones - released 5/26/09
Notes: Added 'WINDOW3D' to allow one-finger gestures in a zone to drive 3d Matrix transformations that can be applied to objects. Added 'VSWIPEABLE' which is a vertical version of 'HSWIPEABLE'.
(version 0.1.2) tuioZones - released 5/11/09
Notes: Fixed getTrail(). Added setZoneData() for a circle. Added pullZoneToTop().
(version 0.1.1) tuioZones - released 5/3/09
Notes: The number of zones are no longer limited. They were limited to 10 in prior version.
(version 0.1.0) tuioZones - released 4/13/09
Notes: First alpha release.
Documentation
An online Javadoc is available. The Javadoc is also included in the download.
Examples
Group Zones
Attach Zones
Draggable
Swipeable
Toggle
Press
Throwable
3dWindow
Demo 1
Tested
Platform: OSX
Processing: 1.0.6
Dependencies: oscP5
Multi-touch Device: DIY FTIR w/tbeta
Author
jLyst
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Source
The download contains the source code. The library is free for use under GPLv3.