Features Wishlist¶
Below are a few general ideas or features that have been identified to improve Paper Playground. Also, see the GitHub repo issue list with the wishlist label (as well as other issues) for possible places for contribution.
Documentation¶
- Thorough API documentation for PhET libraries
- More examples, both written and in video format, of paper programs and complete projects.
Code Abstraction into Creator¶
- Additional abstraction for components in Creator, e.g.,
- Physics system
- More animation features
- Vibration
- Bluetooth devices
- ...
Program Detection (OpenCV)¶
- Additional dot colors (increase max program number per database)
- Custom dot colors
- Marker colors and shapes independent of dot colors
- Improve base performance
- Automatic calibration
- Optional Alternatives for detection:
- Aruco Markers [beholder]( https://github.com/project-beholder/beholder-detection)
Virtual "Preview" Program Features¶
- Reference marks on virtual papers in Camera overlay that make it easier to line them up relative to each other
- Whiskers drawn on Camera overlay
- Making the virtual paper manipulation embodied by harnessing computer vision hand tracking/gesture support (e.g., MediaPipe).
Camera Control¶
- Some efforts have been made in https://github.com/phetsims/paper-land/issues/56, but have not been stabilized.
- Exposure control (Automatic Exposure Adjustment)
- White Balance control (Automatic White Balance Adjustment)
- Focus control (automatic focus adjustment)
Interface and Database Interaction¶
- Local storage option to replace PostGreSQL database for program storage and execution.