Martin's Showcase

Target Search

2011-07-21T15:33:00.004+02:00

Target Search was the iPad application that I developed for my Diploma Thesis. It was presented at the CeBit Exhibition in Hannover Germany. The Abstract can be found below.

Abstract
As users are confronted with more complex and larger amounts of data, it becomes increasingly difficult to filter out the relevant information. One way to support users in this regard is to develop a user interface which visualizes the data in an appropriate way and allows users to formulate vague queries to easily and quickly find the information they are interested in. For this purpose a radial user interface is developed that provides an integrated view of queries and results. In order to allow a user to explore the results of even slight query changes, queries can be interactively manipulated with the results being immediately visualized. Additionally the interface takes the context of the user into account in order to supply her or him with more relevant information.

This thesis follows the development of such a user interface based on the user-centered design approach. First different designs are developed and compared until an appropriate design is found. This design is then implemented as an example on an iPad device in the form of an iOS program. The development is accompanied by user studies in order to ensure that the program achieves the usability goals which were defined and set based on a user and task analysis at the beginning of the development process.

CARSA Search

2011-03-30T12:48:00.004+02:00

CARSA Search was the iPhone application that I developed for my Bachelors Thesis. The Abstract can be found below.

Abstract
As mobile devices are becoming more advanced and the number of devices connected to the internet is rising, information search and organization has become an important aspect on these devices. Unlike personal computers, mobile devices have small displays and offer other methods of interaction. This is why information search and organization has to be tailored to the specific features of these devices.
The purpose of this thesis is to develop an ergonomic user interface which supports information search specifically tailored to interaction methods, like multi-touch, which are used by a number of mobile devices known as smartphones. The interface will be connected to the Context Adaptive Retrieval System Architecture (CARSA), which will process the user’s queries and return results to her or him.
CARSA offers special features like clustering, which are not available in the standard search on most smartphones. The aim is that these features coupled with a good design will offer a new search experience that users prefer over the old one.

Internship at AZAfrica

2010-06-25T11:02:00.004+02:00

During my 20 week internship at AZAfrica I worked on a number of projects:

A customer and services management database
Azafrica.com web portal
Helpdesk Application for Syntex Namibia
A Flash player for the Sanlam NBC Music Awards
Content management systems for various client websites

Otto's Antiques

2010-06-25T10:39:00.003+02:00

Otto's Antiques is a website I created for a store in Windhoek selling antiques and vintage furniture. It was created using HTML, CSS, PHP and has a MySQL database in the backend.

Visit the website here

MCN Pong

2008-12-07T12:45:00.007+01:00

MCN Pong is a marker based Pong clone that I developed together with two friends at university for a course called Lab Project: Tabletop Interaction. The complete game can be controlled by specially constructed widgets. There are two additional widgets for controlling the in game menu, which can be used to change the number of rounds and levels. MCN Pong features levels of various difficulties.

In the case that no camera is available, keyboard input can be used instead of marker tracking.

TV3D Samples

2008-12-07T12:20:00.005+01:00

I made the TV3D Samples website to keep track of sample applications for the Truevision3D engine, which I use for Total Tactical Warfare. The site contains some demos I made, including 3D Pong Game, Space RTS and Landscape.

Visit the website here

3D Models

2008-12-07T11:58:00.005+01:00

I made these models in 3D Studio MAX. They can be downloaded for free from this website.

G-6

Recon LandRover

Casspir

Ratel

Olifant

Eland90

Mirage F1CZ

Alouette III

SA-3

Tools

SciFi Recon Craft

Scifi Spaceport

SciFi Factory

SciFi Living Quarters

SciFi Barracks

Rendered Images

2008-12-07T11:52:00.004+01:00

Made with 3D Studio MAX

Made with Terragen

LaserPlayer

2008-12-07T10:43:00.006+01:00

LaserPlayer is a resolution independent media player. It was designed for presenting media files from a distance on a big display. The idea was to move the mouse cursor by means of a laser pointer with the help of this software, but using a normal mouse works just fine too.

LaserPlayer was developed by myself and two friends at university for a course called Visual User Interfaces.

Download LaserPlayer (614 KB)

Note: LaserPlayer requires the .NET Framework 3.5

Features:

Intuitive and easy to use user interface
Supports music, pictures and video files
File locations are automatically stored in XML files

CleverCalc

2008-12-07T10:08:00.004+01:00

CleverCalc is an advanced calculator I developed together with a friend at university for a course called Interactive Systems.

Download CleverCalc (1.55 MB)

Note: CleverCalc requires the .NET Framework 2.0 or newer

General Features

3 Modes – Basic, Advanced and Graph
Many supported mathematical functions
2 different languages (English and German)

Usability Features

Intuitive design
Easy input with commandline
Informative error messages
Undo
History
Tooltips
Help with many screenshots

Bushwar

2008-12-07T09:34:00.007+01:00

Bushwar is modification I made for Battefield Vietnam. It adds a whole new theater to the game, including new teams, maps, weapons and vehicles. The mod is about the border conflict between the South African Defense Force and the Cuban Army in the 70's and 80's.

It was a great learning experience working on the mod. I learnt to manage a team, build 3D models and texture them, edit script files, do research and set up websites.

Download version 0.32
Download patch to version 0.35

The latest release (0.35) has the following features:

Teams:

South-African Defence Force
Cuban Army
PLAN - Peoples Liberation Army of Namibia (military wing of SWAPO)

Vehicles:

SADF:
Olifant tank, Eland 90 light Tank, Casspir mine resistant vehicle, LandRover scout car, Ratel20, G6 Howitzer, AlouetteIII, Mirage F1CZ, AC47.

Cuban Army:
T34-85, T55, T62, T72, PT76 amphibious tank, BTR60 troop transporter, UAZ scout car, BM21 rocket launching vehicle, M46 Artillery, Mig-17, MiG-21, MiG-23, Ural repair ammo and transport trucks.

Weapons:

SADF:
Automatic R1 assault rifle, semi-automatic R1 assault rifle, R1 rifle with scope, R4 assault rifle, M60 machine gun, Vector SS77 machine gun, flame thrower, RPG7 rocket launcher, 81mm mortar, the TM62 anti-tank mine and other weapons from Battlefield Vietnam.

Cuban Army:
AK47 assault rifle, AKMS rifle, RPG7 rocket launcher, 24mm mortar and other weapons from Battlefield Vietnam.

Maps:

BUSHWAR maps: Benguela Airport, Omarunga, Ambush, Cuito Cuanavale, Killing Field, Operation Super, The great Tank Battle, The Road to Ebo, Bush Patrol, Battle for the Cunzumba Bridge and the Kraal.
->All Battlefield Vietnam maps are supported.

Other:

Modifications to many Battlefield Vietnam weapons and vehicles, with the aim of making them more realistic:

-Airplane bombs don't reload.
-The BM21, Mi-8 and Mig-17 can fire salvos of rockets instead of just one at a time.
-The deviation of the AK47, AK47MS and RPD has been modified.
-The RPD and M60 are deployed, so it looks realistic when firing while lying.

A realistic damage system.
New objects including destroyable trees and fuel barrels.
Many new textures for Soldiers, Flags and other objects.
Background movie telling the BUSHWAR story.

Total Tactical Warfare

2008-12-07T09:16:00.004+01:00

TTW is a modern real time tactics game that was developed by me as a hobby. The aim was to make a very engrossing game by letting the player customize his army. With each successful mission the army earns experience, allowing the player to improve it even further.

TTW was developed using C#.net and the Truevision3D 6.5 engine.

Visit the website here

About Me

2008-12-06T13:00:00.003+01:00

I have completed a Diplom degree (equivalent to a Master's degree) in Computer Science at the University of Magdeburg in Germany.

If you have any questions please send me a mail with the contact form.

Contact

2008-12-06T12:59:00.001+01:00

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