In virtual worlds, people have digital representations that allow them to recognize each other, interact with other users and navigate in the virtual space. These representations are referred to as “avatars” and they can be two dimensional images, three dimensional figures as shown in Figure 1, icons, textual descriptions or a combination of all of these [1]. Other components which… Read more →
In this post, we will design an ontology to describe LeapIn.it with the Semantic Web technology. Through building an ontology, we can provide mechanisms for other people to interrogate the dataset in meaningful ways. Additionally, annotating the data will be helpful when using SPARQL to do some queries later on. We are using the ontology editing environment, Protege 4.3. Class Hierarchy There are… Read more →
We have used Apache Cordove to produce a barcode scanner. In the following video, we’ll demonstrate how this will form part of LeapIn.it: http://youtu.be/RNlmWvs-PIs
As described in our survey design post, the survey was designed for the purpose of understanding the sharing behaviours among the users of social networks who have shared interests, and to identify the problems with existing social networks. The number of responses that have been received is 82. This post will describe the results of the survey and analyse the responses…. Read more →
This post will consider the social, ethical and legal consideration. This will cover four parts: intellectual property, social problems, community moderation and age restrictions. Intellectual property The Terms of Service of the LeapIn.it project will mention that content creators can publish their work under Creative Commons licenses [1]. By using these licenses, the users can preserve the copyrights of the… Read more →
As we are in the later stages of development, we’ve had to make a few changes to the time plan. We have allocated more time to the development and evaluation of prototypes. The revised Gantt Chart is shown below.
After reviewing our prototype yesterday, we have decided to make some changes to the design. This post will show the revisions we have made to the original design mockups. Our biggest criticism was how posts were displayed. Posts are displayed in a “feed”, which is simply a vertical list of posts in chronological order, with most recent first. This is… Read more →
We have developed an initiate web interface for LeapIn.it. This following video gives a demonstration of how this can be used to navigate rich media: http://youtu.be/VMU_T5HnYnE This prototype is available here (use the username “test” and password “test”). Screenshots [portfolio_slideshow]
The following scenario demonstrates how LeapIn.it may be used by companies for creating and maintaining sponsored rooms. 1- A company representative uses LeapIn.it on a smartphone and sees sponsored rooms. 2- The representative decides to get a sponsored room in LeapIn.it and accesses the web-based interface to register the company. 3- The representative clicks on Advertisers link to get a… Read more →
In planning how we would implement a LeapIn.it prototype, we agree that we should use similar development environments to prevent any mistakes or unforeseen incompatibilities. We agreed that we would use the following tools: Git – allows us to collaborate and manage versions of code GitHub – a website where Git repositories can be stored centrally. This ensures our code is… Read more →
