For my IM final project, I want to make a solar system learning system that allows the user to move a rocket ship around on a table to different planets/stars/moons in our solar system in which animations/videos will play that allows you to learn about the “station” that the rocket ship is currently at. The purpose of this project is education and could be used as a method of teaching or simply as an installation at astronomy museums.
Materials I would need:
- table: obvious reasons
- projector: so that I can project the image onto the table
- camera: to track the rocket ship figure around the table
Next steps:
- understand how TUIO works and/or understand how to track an object using a camera
- find an image of the solar system that could be projected onto the table
- find videos/animations that would play at each station
- make a rocket ship figurine, potentially make the stations as well (making it so that it’s more than just a projection)