• The Interactive Floor system consists of the following components:
   
   * Computer System
   * Infrared Tracking Kit
   * Interactive Software
   * Projector
   * First Surface Mirror (optional; used to reflect the projected image onto the floor)
• Interactive floor system can be easily used with existing computers and projectors, all you have to purchase are the effects that you want and the Infrared Tracking kit.
• The software for the Interactive Floor Projection System is modular based with a built-in motion detection engine. Each effect can run on its own or seamlessly integrate with each other to create a continuously changing environment. 

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• The Wisdom Well exists in two variants: ceiling and basement.

   

  The basement version of the Wisdom Well is built into the physical floor of a school department square. The Well is a 3 m deep hole covered with a projection surface. The projection surface is 3*4 m glass of approx. 9 cm thickness divided into four tiles. The four tiles are supported at the outer edges and with an internal conic frame resting on a supporting pillar in the center.

• The projection is created by 4 projectors. The projectors are placed vertically covering each their tile of glass. A web cams is associated with each projector and is managed by a Tracking Client that runs vision software supporting fine-grained tracking of limb positions. The limb-positions are communicated to the application machine feeding the four projectors. The Tracking Client can be switched to a mode, where it uses a ceiling mounted wide-angel webcam for coarse- grained tracking of body contours from above.

   

  The Wisdom Well supports sound through ceiling mounted loudspeakers and a subwoofer placed nearby the Well.

   

  The start up/shut down of computers and projectors is controlled by a control panel on a wall close to the Well. The panel also controls lighting and curtains. Having powered up the Wisdom Well from the panel, it can be fully controlled by body movement on the surface. A traditional keyboard and mouse is located on a nearby shelf ready to be used for editing purposes.

• Learning Game Applications

   

  Currently fire learning game applications have been developed called iFloorQuest, Stepstone, iFloorKeyboard and Memory. A floor variant of the Pong game and a presenter tool has been developed as well. The applications has been developed in such a way that teachers and pupils can edit the content themselves either on the physical installation or on an ordinary computer.

• iFloorQuest

   

  iFloorQuest is a floor game for four players similar to the board game Trivial Pursuit. During the game a series of questions are asked and the players have two possible answers to choose from. If a correct answer is selected both the player and the team will score a point since there is both an individual and collaborative score. In this way players can both play with or against each other.

• Stepstone

   

  Stepstone is a learning game application for up to four players and can be used by both normal hearing and hearing impaired children. During the game a series of exercises are asked either as speech or as text on a Smartboard next to the Wisdom Well and the children must use their hands and feet to combine a selection of several game elements to provide the correct answers.

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•     The kick. Interacting with the floor installed in the center for the Harlem Children's Health Project.    

   

  

        The kick. Interacting with the floor installed in the center for the Harlem Children's Health Project.  

   

  

        The arm swipe. Interacting with the floor installed in the center for the Harlem Children's Health Project.  

   

  

        The floor installed in the center for the Harlem Children's Health Project.  

   

  

        We created a custom tile in the ceiling to hide equipment and make the installation as unintrusive as possible. 

  

  

  

  

     

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  In May 2006, Feedtank installed an interactive floor projection for the Harlem Children's Health Project . The installation was one of a few interactive experiences for children to play with while waiting for the center's services.

• By interacting with the characters and scenarios presented the children can be encouraged and guided, learning as they play.
• specialists are already developing content to engage children of all ages.
• From promoting health and fitness using challenging movement activities to fostering creativity using music and painting applications the multi-use system can be used across the curriculum.

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  • Cause and Effect
   
  • Sensory stimulation
   
  • Physical Activity / Therapy
   
  • Creativity
   
  • Story Telling
   
  • Puzzles / Brain Training

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• GroundFX is a multimedia visual display system that projects incredible interactive floor special effects, floor games or floor advertisements directly onto an interactive floor displays

• Several high-volume retail chains have deployed the GestureTek Cube in multiple stores because it requires no technician to install and is ready to run a 5' by 4' interactive projection experience as soon as it's taken out of the box. Simply plug it in and turn it on. One North American apparel chain installed over 250 Cubes as digital playgrounds

• Called "Wisdom Wells," the floors were created by designers Kasper Neilson and Ole Iverson for children "who do not fit into the school environment" and "cannot just sit and listen to a teacher for six hours."

• The Wisdom Well is effectively a large glass floor, measuring 12 square metres, that can be set up inside a school. 

   Beneath it, an image from a PC is projected up onto the floor. Cameras beneath the floor then track the actions of pupils as they move across it - allowing them to interact with the projected images. 
• The idea was partially inspired by the ancient Nordic myth of Mimir's Well, where the god Odin sacrificed his one eye in order to obtain eternal wisdom
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• The Wisdom Well concept involves an interactive floor supporting new kinds of kinesthetic learning and entertainment experiences. The objective of the Wisdom Well is to create an IT-based physical setup for learning and entertainment that enables users to utilise their bodies as well as their minds in collaborative games and explorative digital simulations.

• This platform consists of an overhead projection onto a retroreflective floor. An infrared camera and illuminator array is located near the projection cone as well. The projector and camera connect to a computer in a nearby cabinet via firewire and VGA cables. Power is required in the ceiling as well as the computer cabinet.