generative modeling for Rhino
Grasshopper Canvas Real Estate
As we've begun to share definitions within our office, we've found it a challenge to have more than one person interact physically with a definition and thought maybe we just need more space. We're using a rear projection piece of glass as our Grasshopper canvas and the Rhino environment projected on the wall. That alone is great but it also looks like multi touch could have a promising future in Grasshopper.
Follow the link for more info:
http://lmnts.lmnarchitects.com/interaction/ghcanvas-real-estate/
Follow the link for more info:
http://lmnts.lmnarchitects.com/interaction/ghcanvas-real-estate/
Tags: canvas, interaction, interface, multitouch
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Permalink Reply by Jon Mirtschin on -
Impressive, beats my 10 inch screen netbook handsdown....
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Permalink Reply by lmnts on -
Thanks. We're still trying to figure out the right set of gestures, but it seems like GH is really amenable to multitouch interaction...probably not a big surprise to most people on this site.
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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on -
Wow.
What sort of thing are you looking to do at the same time with multi-touch? Sketching? Connecting wires? Dragging sliders?
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David Rutten
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Seattle, WA
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Permalink Reply by lmnts on
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While we've just begun to mock this up with a single interface point (the pen), we're starting to think of gestures that might work without changing the way GH works. Zooming while dragging/connecting wires is feasible. Zooming will probably be the first use, just translating a standard zoom gesture (two fingers moving apart, or double-tap to zoom to a location) into mouse event. However, there are probably some really good gestures (imploding/exploding clusters) that would require some changes. The question is: which gestures?
It seems like distinguishing between users isn't feasible, and probably not necessary. There's such a sordid history of that in CSCW anyway. Social coding (in the sense of "You work on that part over there, I'll work on this part over here") is probably not a good idea. However, collaborating over the same problem (taking turns) is worth exploring.
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Permalink Reply by taka on -
This looks amazing...
As far as social coding goes, having a function like xref from Autocad within GH canvas could be another way around.
I could be wrong but I recall David once mentioned somewhere in the one of discussions that they are looking into it...
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Permalink Reply by lmnts on
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Thanks, Taka.
I'm not sure I understand how xref (2D line work or geometry?) within the GH canvas would help with collaboration on scripting. Please explain what you have in mind...
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Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on -
Probably clusters in the future will offer that functionality. Some people could be working on different files that are linked together as clusters on a main file.
"Social coding"? i don't think that's the right term, unless you are using grasshopper to share pictures of your holidays.
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Permalink Reply by lmnts on
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Vincent:
You're right, "social coding" is the wrong term. "Collaborative scripting" is a better characterization of what we're exploring (in general).
More specifically, we're interested in what sorts of behaviors (gestures for the moment) are most amenable to working on a spatial canvas like GH.
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Permalink Reply by Vicente Soler on
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Besides touch screen interface, I see you also have the spacenavigator (for manipulating the viewport, i guess).
Maybe what's actually happening is that you guys are suffering from Musophobia :)
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