报告题目：3D Modeling and User Interfaces for Digital Fabrication

报告人： Manfred Lau,  Lancaster University, UK

时  间：2015年1月5日    上午9:30―10:30

地  点：东区管理科研楼   数学科学学院1208室

内容提要：
A The recent trend of rapid prototyping technologies such as 3D printers and laser cutters will lead to an increased demand for algorithms and user interfaces for digital fabrication. I discuss a method for converting virtual 3D furniture models to fabricatable parts and connectors that can then be built into real-world furniture. Then, I will describe a number of natural user interface tools for digital fabrication. The motivation for such interfaces is that easy-to-use tools for 3D modeling and fabrication is still lacking, despite years of research in developing modeling tools for novice users. I will show a photo-based interface for sketching new objects, a sketch-based interface for designing and fabricating chairs, a tangible user interface for modeling 3D shapes in an augmented reality environment, and a mixed reality framework for modeling everyday objects with hand gestures.
Short Bio: Manfred Lau is an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in UK) in the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University, UK.  He was a post-doc researcher working with Prof. Takeo Igarashi in Tokyo, Japan at the JST ERATO Igarashi Design Interface Project. He received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Yale University, and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, supervised by Prof. James Kuffner, from Carnegie Mellon University. Manfred's research interests are in computer graphics, human-computer interaction, digital fabrication, geometric modeling, and animation. His recent research in 3D modeling and fabrication focuses on building natural user interfaces for the layperson to model, design, and fabricate their own products.

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