Ecosystem

mujou converts images into patterns for kinetic sand tables. This section catalogs the external landscape of devices, file formats, communities, and software tools that mujou serves and interoperates with.

The current scope is kinetic sand tables in the consumer/hobby market. Support for pen plotters, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, and other CNC devices is deferred for future expansion.

Contents

• Manufacturers & Devices – Commercial and open-source sand table products, with pricing, file formats, and manufacturer-specific community resources
• File Formats by Device – Which devices accept which formats, and how pattern files are ingested
• Community Resources – Cross-cutting communities and forums that span multiple devices
• Existing Software – Pattern generators and image converters already in the space (prior art and interop targets)