© Trustees of Indiana University Released under Creative Commons 3.0 unported license; license terms on last slide. The IQ-Table & Collection Viewer A Multi-touch Hardware and Software Solution for Browsing Collections of Media David M. Reagan Presented at the Digital Library Brown Bag Series, 13 Nov 2013 #dlbb

Advanced Visualization Lab Part of UITS Research Technologies division Main support unit for visualization and related activities

Advanced Visualization Lab Collaborate to enable research, education, creative activities, and community outreach Open access to visualization consulting and technologies for faculty, staff, and students or

Distributed Visualization Initiative Develop and deploy mid-range visualization systems – Complement AVL central facilities – More physically accessible – “Take vis to the users”

Distributed Visualization Initiative Commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and open-source software Easy to build, install, and configure Open design Engaging, easy-to-use-interface Support for familiar software

Distributed Visualization Initiative The IQ family of technologies – Inexpensive – Interactive – Immersive – Interface 5 systems

Distributed Visualization Initiative IQ-Station IQ-Wall IQ-Force

Distributed Visualization Initiative IQ-Table IQ-Tilt

IQ-Table 55” monitor in table orientation Capable of 32-point multi-touch Built-in PC running Windows Custom shipping case ~$5000

IQ-Table Suggested uses – Digital media collections – Novel human- computer interface development – Geospatial visualization

Early Touch Projects Brownsburg Challenger Center Places & Spaces Conference Kiosks Digital Signage

Digital Golden Book Golden Book - handwritten names of IU alumni who served in combat – Large and delicate, under glass Pages scanned by the DLP AVL-developed Flash application – Digitally flip through pages – Bookmarks to specific conflicts

Smithsonian Folklife Festival Washington DC, July 2012 Digital media collections from Herron School of Art, Cushman Collection, and others Required a simple and fun interface to be accessible to a broad audience

Open Exhibits Open-source Inherits Flash’s multi-touch support Scripting in ActionScript 3 Configuration in XML Modular design, with many components provided openexhibits.org

Open Exhibits Images from openexhibits.org

Collection Viewer AVL-customized Collection Viewer template Added filter and sort modules Added layouts Supports image, video, and gigapixel modules – Extensible to support others

Collection Viewer Media, user interface, and some functionality defined in XML – Create new applications without touching the code or rebuilding – Excel template for media and metadata Python script converts to XML

Open Exhibits 2 (and 3) Radical architecture change Even more functionality exposed via XML – Creative Markup Language – Gesture Markup Language Styling with CSS Many more modules (UI widgets, etc)

Collection Viewer 2 Incorporate advancements from OE 2 and 3 Rethink some decisions from v1 Collection Viewer as interface – Science on A Sphere – External applications on 2 nd display Leap motion interface for 3D gestures

Research Technologies is a division of University Information Technology Services and is affiliated with the Pervasive Technology Institute Acknowledgements & disclaimer This work was supported in part by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and the Indiana University Pervasive Technology Institute Any opinions presented here are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the National Science Foundation or any other funding agencies

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