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The Struktable is a multi-touch hardware solution provided by Strukt. It can be used for events or permanent installations with custom software developed for individual needs.

70-inch multi-touch surface

With its 70-inch display size, the Struktable is built for simultaneous interaction of 8 people and more. The touch-sensitive surface recognizes unlimited finger touches at the same time – therefore, users can interact more intuitively.

The portable design makes it versatile for diverse applications: product presentations at trade fairs, interactive gamestations at conferences or information terminals in public space.

Schematic view of the Struktable.

Hardware

The Struktable makes use of the FTIR (frustrated total internal reflection) effect. Therefore, infrared LEDs are placed around the acrylic top, and finger touches reflect the light into the camera on the bottom of the table. Only one PC is needed for tracking, gesture recognition and 2D/3D rendering of the GUI. A projector then projects the GUI onto the surface.

The case is built out of sturdy aluminum. The design is seamless and simple, yet functional. Various signal ports for USB, LAN and DVI are located on the bottom side of the outer enclosure. Therefore the ports are not visible but still easily accesable.

The Struktable can be ordered with extras like LED effect lights in the top frame or a 4-speaker stereo system with a dedicated amplifyer for superb audio quality.

If the Struktable needs to travel there is a custom made transportation box available. It is made out of wood and is built on top of a standard pallette so it can be moved with professional gear.

Software

Strukt usually writes applications for the Struktable using vvvv, a rapid prototyping software. The tracking algorithms have been realised by the Vienna University of Technology. Basic applications are ready for use, while custom software can be developed by Strukt on demand. On request Strukt also provides tracking software compatible to other developing platforms.

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The award winning Media Universe installation is a real-time generated particle system capable of building bigger images and text. The universe can be built out of various particle-types. No matter if you use letters, glowing stars or simple shapes, it’s always about what those particles build together. The Media Universe is a great way to symbolize unity, team-spirit and that things are more than just the sum of their parts.

The installatin runs on a single PC that feeds up to 3 Full-HD projectors simultaniously and also provides the soft-blending between the projector images. The Media Universe can be controlled wirelessly with an iPod Touch or iPhone running the TouchOSC application. There is also the possibility of having a full-scale content-interface so you can control the build-ups of specific text and images on cue.

The Media Universe in use for the Mercedes-Benz “The design:project” vernissage.

Controlling the Media Universe with an iPod Touch (Thank you Rob!)

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The Media Globe is a visual installation featuring a globe and six projectors, showing a fully, seamless and warpfree image. With a diameter of four meters, the Media Globe is an impressive presentation tool and light installation.

Thanks to a unique projection-system it is now possible to completely fill a sphere with moving images and interactive content. This technique opens up new possibilities to display information. Videos, images, text, panorama photos, spherical textures, interactive content and much more can be presented in a new stunning way. The Media Globe is based on an idea by Hans Reitz and was initially developed by MESO Digital Interiors and Strukt’s
technical director Thomas Hitthaler.
The Media Globe was programmed in vvvv.

This 3D-visualization shows the configuration of the Media Globe, and how it can be combined with an architectural projection using the same realtime distortion techniques.

Schematic view of the Media Globe

A multifunctional computersystem running software especially programmed for this installation allows the use of any kind of content. It can be a simple playback of images and videos or a complex realtime visualization of database driven information. The possibilities of what to show are sheer endless.

Media Globe at DLD Conference 2009. Photos by Wolfgang F. Maier.

Showing this installation at product presentation, trade fairs or other events guarantees an extraordinary experience: an impressive, bright sphere with a seamless image all over it, floating in mid-air.

As an art piece the Media Globe can reflect various aspects of its surroundings. The visual shown on the globe can be effected by sound, light, movements of people or any other interaction that one can think of. This makes the installation a lively piece of art, which will attract people’s attention.

Reference projects:
Mercedes-Benz DLD Conference 2009

Additional Credits:
Earth’s City Lights Data by Marc Imhoff (NASA GSFC) and Christopher Elvidge (NOAA NGDC). Earth’s City Lights Image by Craig Mayhew and Robert Simmon (NASA GSFC). Visible Earth Images courtesy Reto Stockli (NASA Earth Observatory). visibleearth.nasa.gov
Initial technical concept for the globe projection by MESO Digital Interiors (meso.net) based on a idea by Hans Reitz (circ performing by experience).

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The Tagtool encourages spontaneous creativity by painting with light. A stage or entire buildings are brought to life with interactive drawings. No matter if curated artists or the audience itself is using the Tagtool, the output is bright, colorful and last but not least – fun.

The Tagtool is an award-winning instrument for live performance drawing and animation, developed by Office for Media and Arts International. Strukt exclusively provides the Tagtool device and Tagtool artists for commercial purposes, be it a product presentation, corporate event, conference, trade fair or outdoor architectural projections. It is an interactive communication tool so intuitively that literally everybody finds an individual way to perform with the Tagtool.

In 2008, Tagtool won the Österreichischen Staatspreis 2008 in the category Förderpreis, the Mercur Price in the category Creativity and the Europrix Multimedia in the category Interactive Computer Graphics.

Artist Performances
A very popular application of the Tagtool is the work with experienced Tagtool artists. They are very avid with the Tagtool’s drawing and animation possibilities and they bring their expertise and artistic skills to any surface a projector can reach – no matter if it is outdoors on buildings or indoor using screens or projecting on stages.

Here are some examples of perfomances by Tagtool affiliated artists:

 
Open Sessions

During open sessions the audience is invited to participate in Tagtool performances. A so-called Tagtool operator will assist all people new to the Tagtool and show them how easy it is to just have fun painting with light.

 
Do-It Yourself Workshops
As amazing the Tagtool is, it is actually fairly easy to reproduce. Since the Tagtool’s schematics and software are released under open source rights, for some people it’s equally fascinating to build their own Tagtools as it is to use them once the successfully assembled all parts and pieces. Experienced members of the Tagtool community are available to guide through the important steps.

 
Tagtool at events

The Tagtool can be implemented as a creative and interactive highlight of various kind of events. So far it was used to enhance stage performances of musicians and theater plays, to bring a new twist to product presentations, to involve the audience in a creative process and to bring unexpected joy to unexpected Tagtool users such as high-level managers, politicians and self-declared “un-creative” people.

Projections on the facade of a castle for a corporate event in Austria. The Tagtool illuminated the architecture and interpreted the building in a completely new way.

Realtime drawings for an Adidas press conference in Barcelona.

Open-to-public session at ARGE Kultur at the TNT Jackson concert.

 
Tagtool Set-Up

Using a Tagtool on location really only requires a powersource, the tagtool and a projector. Technically the Tagtool is capable to span the output to a maximum of 3 HD-resolution projectors. Please not since you are dealing with a projection set-up the light situation has to be either controllable or quite dark by nature.

Here you see the schematic view of a Tagtool set-up.