Showing posts with label UMap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UMap. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
BMW Interactive Test Drive with UMap and live video / BMW Interactieve Proefrit
I've just finished a project for the new BMW 3 Series. Visitors of the site can subscribe for an interactive test drive. During (dutch) working hours live video streams are being broadcasted from the cars using UMTS and Wowza media communication server. Also, GPS coordinates are being sent to trace the position of the cars. The positions of the two BMW's are constantly shown on an interactive map, made with the UMap component by www.afcomponents.com together with text messages that the test drivers send after their drive. People watching the live streams can also call the cars to talk to their current drivers.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
WiiFlash and the UMap v1.0 component
UMap is an ActionScript 3.0 Mapping API, released by afcomponents. The free component allows you to create maps with interactive data layers. When I was playing around with it, it suddenly ocurred to me that you can combine this with WiiFlash.
So here is a video that demonstrates just that :-).
What you need to make this work is:
- a wii remote controller
- a nunchuck controller
- the wiiflash server and api
- a bluetooth enabled computer
The video shows a couple of things:
- using the wii remote minus and plus buttons to zoom out and in.
- using the wii remote up, down, left and right buttons to pan the map.
- using the nunchuck joystick as your mouse (with a custom mouse cursor), including a CLICK event.
- using the pitch and roll of the nunchuck, while holding the z button, to pan in an alternative way.
Source files: WiiFlash_UMap.zip
UPDATE 16.07.08:
If you have a wiimote and nunchuck you can to try it online, here is the online version:
http://www.seedylifestyle.com/wiiflash_umap/WiiFlash_Umap.html
Make sure you download the latest WiiFlash server (0.4.1), because that one allows your wii controllers to send data to online swf's! It's a little buggy, so you may have to click Continue and then refresh the page once or a couple of times :-).
Download Windows version
Download Mac version (Alpha version, 30 Jun. 2008)
So here is a video that demonstrates just that :-).
What you need to make this work is:
- a wii remote controller
- a nunchuck controller
- the wiiflash server and api
- a bluetooth enabled computer
The video shows a couple of things:
- using the wii remote minus and plus buttons to zoom out and in.
- using the wii remote up, down, left and right buttons to pan the map.
- using the nunchuck joystick as your mouse (with a custom mouse cursor), including a CLICK event.
- using the pitch and roll of the nunchuck, while holding the z button, to pan in an alternative way.
Source files: WiiFlash_UMap.zip
UPDATE 16.07.08:
If you have a wiimote and nunchuck you can to try it online, here is the online version:
http://www.seedylifestyle.com/wiiflash_umap/WiiFlash_Umap.html
Make sure you download the latest WiiFlash server (0.4.1), because that one allows your wii controllers to send data to online swf's! It's a little buggy, so you may have to click Continue and then refresh the page once or a couple of times :-).
Download Windows version
Download Mac version (Alpha version, 30 Jun. 2008)
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