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I worked with Processing and Arduino for years and appreciated the cmd-r shortcut for running the project. This is what i was missing for years while editing X3D files in TextWrangler and running in InstantPlayer. Finally it only took me 10 minutes googling and scripting. The result is brilliant: cmd-r and my X3D file opens in InstantPlayer. I hit Esc and it returns to TextWrangler.

This is how it works:

1. Download and copy the script “Open in Instant Player.scpt” (remove .txt) into TextWrangler’s Scripts folder (~yourhome/Library/Application Support/TextWrangler/Scripts) -> It now appears in the Script Menu.
2. Open in TextWrangler “Window/Palettes/Scripts”
3. Select the “Open in InstantPlayer” script
4. Click “Set Key…” and define a shortcut (mine is cmd-r)

PS: Enable “Allow tab key to intend text blocks” in “Preferences/Editing: Keyboard”, too!

.. unless you want to be embarrassed from time to time. i fought hard for only using linux and macs for installations at igd. normally drivers or a claimed ease of use are the arguments for windows. but you are paying the price soon.

in this example the public screens at the adidas store are showing a windows logo for several hours. whatever happened – a restart or an update – nobody reconized it.

windows embarrassed me several times, too. at a talk in ascona i had to present under windows because the projector did not work with linux. the antivirus software started scanning during the presentation. it took about 20 seconds to switch between the slides. last week i showed an augmented reality demonstration to european reviewers at a cultural heritage site in italy on a sony ux micro pc with windows vista. it worked great but when i restarted the computer afterwards microsoft’s wga thought i do not have a license anymore and shut it down. that was close.

the coperion installation – a multitouch table and a 8 meter wide hd projection – ran on ubuntu linux. it worked like a charm for 10 days.

mario explored arduino’s native capacitive sensor capabilities. this functionality is normally achieved by qtouch sensors. he developed some code that recognizes finger’s touching cables at digital port 8 to 13 without additional hardware.

arduino playground

Added an universal binary and a Processing example of FaceDetectionOSC..

http://i.document.m05.de/?p=268

yesterday the public beta 1 of instantplayer has been released. it is now available for all platforms (os x, linux, windows), which is unique for x3d compatible software. i don’t mind anymore on which platform my applications will run..

the main new features for me are the visionlib marker tracking and the native apple’s sudden motion sensor. the wiimote backend did not make it in this release. i hope it will be included in beta 2 in august.

i wrote a lot of tutorials and examples for this release. they will be published early next week on the instantreality website. the software is part of my master’s course augmented reality module where i am teaching technology strategies for designers.