Computer-Human Interaction

MIT -- Imagine being able to check your email on any blank wall, simply by drawing an @ sign in the air with your finger, or being able to check the time by using that same finger to draw a circle, which produces the image of an analog watch right on your wrist.

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3DV Systems

3DV Systems is a pioneer and world leader in the three-dimensional video imaging industry. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Yokne'am, Israel, the company has developed a unique proprietary technology which enables video cameras to capture the depth dimension of objects in real time, high speed and very high resolution. The new ZCamTM is at the size of a typical webcam and provides home users revolutionary gesture recognition capabilities in addition to real-time background replacement, enabling them to control video games and personal space through intuitive body gestures and immerse themselves with virtual reality.
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ARSights - Google Earth Plugin

Augemented Reality is a new technology which improves visualization capabilities by superimposing real-time computer graphics to the real space where users do actually work and live. ARSights is the first freely accessible tool which links together Augmented Reality, web-based technologies, and Google Earth.

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When cloths can talk...

In the future, smart clothing might be able to talk. Excerpted from Alternate Reality Ain’t What It Used To Be. Copyright 2008 by Ira Nayman.


"...when the star witness in the Macy Maroon murder trial took the stand: the undershirt of Jason Modeska, the man accused of Maroon’s murder.

The protesters, who oppose the idea of smart clothing giving testimony in a criminal case, unfurled a banner that read “Time for clothing to come clean!” while chanting “No shirt! No shoes! No justice!” After several calls for order, Justice Padwihller was forced to clear the court before the trial could resume...."

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MIT's smart device turns any surface into a touchscreen

Using a webcam, battery-powered projector, and mobile phone, the device acquits itself like a portable Microsoft Surface display built from $300 worth of consumer-grade hardware. The interface is generated by the phone which is in turn projected onto nearly any surface, and the camera is used to recognize gestures that interact with that projection.

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The "Sixth Sense"

Controlled by hand gestures aided by color-coded tips on each index finger and thumb, the system senses what you're looking at, projecting data about it right in front of you.

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One man's vision for Augmented Reality and Holography

It's very cool!

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