Faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to win a brand new drone with HD camera. The prize is part of a contest sponsored by the Clemson Center for Geospatial Technologies, which is promoting Clemson’s augmented reality sandbox.
The promotion include a photo contest and a lecture contest. As part of the photo contest, participants can create a design by hand or project an image into the sandbox to trace using a provided projector. Other materials, including legos, blocks and mini shovels, are available for use as well. For the lecture contest, participants will submit a 3- to 8-minute YouTube video teaching a topic of your choice with the virtual reality sandbox.
Contest entries will be accepted from Feb. 1 – 29. Submit your entries at bit.ly/cusandboxlecture. Voting for the favorite submission will take place via Facebook from March 1 – 9 with a winner announced on March 10.
The augmented reality sandbox is a tool used for teaching people of all ages about geography and topography. A specialized Linux program uses a Microsoft Kinect camera to read the sand surface within the box and projects an interactive topographic map onto the sand. Hills, valleys and rivers can be made with elevation and contour lines updated and displayed in real-time, bringing the terrain to life.
The sandbox is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the CCGT collaborative space in Cooper Library Room 412. For more information, visit bit.ly/cusandbox.
