"ZeroN" floating in the air and repeating the specified movement

It is a major phenomenon that objects float in the world of fiction, but in the real world it was also possible to "ZeroN"is. You can fix the sphere in the air with the same feeling as if it is placed on the object or you can move the computer freely in the air with the computer memorizing the position of the floating sphere and repeating the instructed movement is.

ZeroN - Jinha Lee MIT Media Lab
http://www.leejinha.com/zeron

The movies that actually use ZeroN are from the following.

ZeroN - Levitated Interaction Element on Vimeo


Below it seems to be a silvery sphere of unmistakable character.


Take this on the stage and release your hand ... ...


Fluffy


I am not being hung by threads, but the spheres remain in the air.


I made ZeroNMIT Media LabMr. Jinha Lee.


Catch the ball that floats in the air,


Even if I push it far beyond ... ...


Since I remember how it was moved, I will follow the path of the street moved by hand and return.



Next, a ball with a ball written "M1" at the tip is placed on the stage apart from the previous sphere.


Then the sphere began to turn around M1. Feeling like Earth turning M1 into the sun.



Next time we added a pole called M2.


Then, the orbit of the revolution changes and moves toward M2.


Projecting images on both sides is almost like a satellite.


You can also create and edit 3D images with the image that this sphere became a camera. Although only the framework is placed on the stage, in the image, the space between the frames is filled like a wall or a roof.



In fact, as a mechanism of ZeroN, a solenoid (electromagnetic coil) as a magnetic levitation device is mounted at the upper part of the stage, and the sphere is floating by electromagnetic force.


A more detailed explanation is "(PDF file)ZeroN: Mid-Air Tangible Interaction Enabled by Computer Controlled Magnetic LevitationIt is published in ". Use the camera at the side of the stage to move the hand, and use the camera under the stage to grasp the floating height of the sphere from the size of the shadow. And by operating the magnetic levitation system with a computer, it is possible to float the sphere fluently in the virtual "zero gravity space".


The sphere can also be moved by hand. At this time, the machine calculates a new support point (the position of the coil to keep the sphere levitated) and prevents the sphere from falling.


The Kinect camera detects whether the user has a sphere or a sphere.


Even if you poked with a stick and sideways from the concon, it will not fall sideways or fall down.


80Gravity gI will not move on the spot even if pulling with the force of.


The sensor senses the movement of the hand like this.


You can also play with floating table tennis with ZeroN.


Ignoring gravityFloating in the airIt is a dream of mankind, but in ZeroN you can experience that strange phenomenon.