Computers have a huge influence in our lives these days. We use computers for a wide variety of purposes. It has brought changes in the way we communicate and undertake day-to-day activities.
Now, in the modern 21st century, we see mind boggling changes in how we interact with these computers and how elegantly simple the whole process of computing has become.
The Sixth Sense is a new graphical and gestural computing interface. Designed by an Indian, Pranav Mistry, it consolidates a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera into a small wearable pendant-like accessory worn around the neck. The projector projects images that have interactive capabilities onto any physical surface and the camera records the gestures you make with your fingers on these surfaces.
The gesture interface is neatly combined into simple computer-vision techniques, where the software takes in the video stream from the camera and intelligently interprets the gestures you make with your fingers. For this, the user wears coloured bands on the tips of his fingers, each having a different colour. The interface assigns the appropriate information to each of these coloured bands, where the way these bands are moved are configured into their proper commands with the images projected by the projector as a backdrop.
Truly, this is science fiction getting closely acquainted with our reality!
Our iPads and smart phones will have to make way for a new revolution in computing, one that is going to surpass all boundaries of the interactive world!
For more information log onto Pranav Mistry's Website : http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/
Or better yet, you could enjoy a demonstration:
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5 comments:
Why didn't I see this post before, though?
Is this something like that tiny projector keyboard?
I think I like Mice more though, it always feels better when you can *feel* the movement, and not just see it.
Yes...that feeling of holding a mouse or typing on a keyboard is pretty nostalgic.
The same situation is happening to books with more and more people buying E-books and tablet Pcs to substitute it.
I suppose the same goes for technology too.
Nostalgic? No. It's easy. Mice aren't dead. In fact, it's hard to play a PC FPS without a good one.
Technology grows. My mom told me how she had to use punch cards waaay back, and how the first computers had only a tiny display like a calculator.She watched them evolve.
In the past, say 30 years, technology has developed. Inevitably, if something better comes up, it replaces the thing that did the same job before. It's survival of the fittest. The N64 isn't sold anymore, as the Wii gives a lot more features, and has the power to make games look better, and attract casual gamers. Only those people who want to keep the good memories of their childhood with an Atari have them anymore. Kids these days have Xboxes, (Monsterous) PCs, Wiis, PS3s etc in place of the Atari.
Yeah. When we grow older, we'll sound stupid when we say that Wiis were 'da bomb'. There'll be a monsterous console who does a whole lot of new things, and we'll be playing with our grandkids, seeing whether the games resemble ours in any way.
Very true Amita i use a laptop and due to this optical track pad my screen is changing. Its very tough to use a track pad or any other pointing device one's your familiar with the mouse. And it's always like that isn't it.You end were you begin. For example they say people become children again towards their end. Same maybe the case of technology. And Fadhil needless to say another quick good read from you.
There are many dislike-able features in a trackpad. Yes, it's a good way to replace a mouse when you have to dash off to work, or occupy less space, (But I really can't play minecraft with it :|) The laptop is a desktop squeezed into a small, portable thing. No separate CPU, Monitor, Keyboard or mouse. Just all-in-one. For a laptop's purpose, it is pretty good.
The mouse makes it easier to move around, and gives one good control. You have your whole tabletop to move it around, whereas the trackpad only has a small area for the same.
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