Author Archives: Nuno Correia

Project presentations, 14/December

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Project presentations will take place 14/December at 14h. To successfully conclude the course, please update your blog posts until 23/December with: a few screenshots (around 3 would be fine); and image(s) or video of usage of the app (showcasing actual … Continue reading →

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Convert audio files to .caf (iOS audio format)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Nuno Correia

To convert audio files to .caf (Core Audio Format), check out this tutorial. You can use the Terminal, or a free app that does the conversion. More on .caf here. Some example sound files: Archive

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Multitouch work by Perceptive Pixel

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Jeff Hann generated a wave of interest around multitouch in 2006 with his Ted talk. He later founded Perceptive Pixel, and the company has recently anounced a new 82 inch multitouch display. You can watch the demo here.

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Multitouch Interaction: project proposals

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Nuno Correia

On 7/December, we will have our project concept presentation. Theme of the project: The project can be any application that involves multitouch interaction. Many of the exercises under the “iPhoneExamples” and “iPhoneSpecificExamples” folders in openFrameworks are a good representation of … Continue reading →

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Multitouch Interaction: course files

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Course files for Multitouch Interaction are stored here: mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/coursefiles/course_2011_MTI Files will be added on a daily basis during the course. Screenshots of the exercises (and other images) will be posted on this Flickr album.

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Getting started with iOS development

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Nuno Correia

To get us started with Xcode, openFrameworks and C++, we’ll go through this post: http://mlab.taik.fi/mediacode/archives/994 We will need Xcode (already installed in the Macs in our classroom): http://developer.apple.com/xcode/ and openFrameworks (for iPhone): http://www.openframeworks.cc/download We will also need to get everyone … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Popcorn and Popcorn.js

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Nuno Correia

From the Mozilla Blog: “Popcorn allows web filmmakers to amp up interactivity around their movies, harnessing the web to expand their creations in new ways. Popcorn uses Javascript to link real-time social media, news feeds, data visualizations, and other context … Continue reading →

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Workshop / Chrome Experiments

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Tools and projects created by the team behind Chrome Experiments (HTML5/JS): http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/

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Putting multitouch in perspective

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Nuno Correia

Microsoft’s recent vision video depicts a future populated by flat touch screens. Bret Victor finds that limiting, and I agree with him. Read more about it here. On a lighter note: multitouch finger paintings by Evan Roth (via Suse Miessner).

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SoundManager

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Nuno Correia

From the SoundManager website: “Using HTML5 and Flash, SoundManager 2 provides reliable cross-platform audio under a single JavaScript API. (…) SoundManager 2 gives you a simple but powerful API that supports both new and old, using HTML5 audio where supported and an … Continue reading →

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