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\section{Introduction}
This project focused on the development of the Google Earth Phidget controller. This involved deciding "Are We There Yet?" is an educational game which
Phidget hardware would be required for tasks users with finding the
project to be carried out, development locations of
cities across the
software to globe. The game makes use
with of the
Phidget to interact with Google Earth, accelerometer and
rotational vector sensors on android phones, allowing the
creation of user to control the
prototype device layout. game completely via movement and rotation. We
decided upon developing a contoller for used the Google
Earth Maps API as
our mapping engine. This provides a powerful framework already in place without taking up too much memory, which was the
software is incredibly powerful, yet lacks any feeling problem with earlier versions of
feedback to the
user. By game using
Phidgets, we could provide the element our own map image.
The aim of
feedback and physical interaction with the
system game is to
navigate an icon representing the
user. To do this player within a
number of different Phidgets and sensors were used including circular touch phidgets, sliders and RFID sensors amongst others. These specific phidgets were chosen as they allow optimal usage circle around the destination city. The user can tilt the phone forwards and
feedback of backwards to control the
major features speed of the
software without being difficult to use. icon. The
sensors chosen also make logical sense for their respective operations and were therefore implemented direction of motion is determined by the direction the player is pointing the phone. For instance, if the phone is pointed north, the direction of motion will be in the
end product. north-south vector. Upon finding the destination city, the destination will be updated randomly from a list within a text file.