RIA / Desktop Applications

Besides Websites I also do traditional application programming. My biggest project so far was the so called “Konfabulator 0009″, a virtual “time travel”-project done for the German Landesmuseum Detmold. The five characters from the screenshot above (who are moving, we filmed them in front of a greenscreen and then keyed them :-) ) can be chosen via a Touchscreen and asked different question which will then be answered by playing HD-videos on a beamer.

Technology: Adobe AIR 1.5 / AS3 / XML

Amongst the features are:

- Voice Control

The whole application can be controlled via voice commands by museum staff (utilizing Dragon Natural Speaking)

- Motion Detector

Via a webcam the system acknowledges when someone enters the room and then plays a greetings video in case the system is idle

- Transparent Videos

For the interface, we filmed the actor in front of a greenscreen, keyed in AfterEfects and then used the videos with transparent background as Buttons

- Autonomous system

The whole system (PC + Beamer) switches itself on and off according to the museum’s opening hours, using Timer-software, the Konfabulator starts automatically, so that museum staff doesn’t have to care about that

 

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