Running applications with a wooden block… literally

Design experts in the technology world have been known to make prototypes of their products with a wooden block. With the Whaptics Starter Kit, your wooden block can actually control an application on your PC! This tool is perfect for product demonstrations and technology presentations to your colleagues, management and design teams.

The only electronic component is the Whaptics sensor unit, which detects your finger’s position in the interface area and triggers the appropriate action in the starter kit software, just as it would in your custom products and applications. This simple application, with a few buttons, sliders and dials, is designed to open your mind to the possibilities of creating touchless interactive interfaces using Whaptics in your own products.

The Whaptics Starter Kit is the perfect way to get to know the Touchless Touch. This kit includes 3 sample blocks – plexiglass, wood and steel, along with a simple drag-and-drop application that you can use to create your own demonstration application in just a few mouse clicks.

The sample blocks have no built-in electronics whatsoever, and need only Whaptics to become truly interactive. Simply insert the Whaptics detector into a sample block, plug in the USB cable, and watch the slider, buttons and rotary controls interact with the application on your PC screen.

The Whaptics technology in this starter kit uses a surface-mounted infrared detector unit, which may be customized by H2i technologies to support many designs, surface materials and applications.

For underwater and low-power applications and interfaces on various types of hermetically sealed devices, H2i technologies offers WhapticsT, a pass-through implementation of its patented Whaptics Touchless Touch.