MIT uses XBox Kinect to create Minority Report interface — from singularityhub.com by Aaron Saenz
On 01/24/2012,
in human-computer interaction (HCI),
by Daniel Christian
On 01/10/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Some items that caught my eye (so far) from CES 2012:
- CES 2012: The convergence of TV and mobile platforms — from readwriteweb.com by Dan Rowinski
…mobile operating systems are on a path to fundamentally change how content is delivered.
. - Prepare yourself: Kinect is coming to Windows Feb. 1 — from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
. - LG unveils giant 84″ TV with voice, gesture control — from Mashable.com by Samantha Murphy
. - Introducing The MakerBot Replicator™
January 10, 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) – MakerBot Industries is excited to announce the launch of its latest product, The MakerBot Replicator™, which will debut at CES in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday, January 10th. The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things BIG! Assembled in Brooklyn by skilled technicians, the MakerBot Replicator™ is ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box. Starting at $1749, The MakerBot Replicator™ is an affordable, open source 3D printer that is compact enough to sit on your desktop. Want to print in two colors? Choose the Dualstrusion™ option!
. - USA Network taps Yap.tv for branded social TV app
Yap.tv said the deal will make it the first independent social TV developer to create a custom-branded version of its app for the iPad and iPhone for a major network.??
NEW YORK – NBCUniversal’s USA Network has partnered with Yap.tv, a maker of a social TV guide app for mobile devices, to launch a USA-branded app for its shows and fans as it and other channels continue to expand the use of social media to reach and engage viewers.
. - Samsung unveils a motion-controlled TV and the U.S. Galaxy Note [PICS]— from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
During its keynote address at CES on Monday, Samsung unveiled a connected TV with voice and gesture recognition, WiFi-enabled cameras and its thinnest ultrabook yet. It also introduced its Galaxy Note smartphone to the U.S. for the first time.
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- Coincident announces ScreenSync TV Technology — from marketwatch.com
New solution allows companies to create interactive experiences for viewers that synchronize their tablets with shows they are watching on their televisions
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- 2012 CES Unveiled press event: Interactive television highlights — from itvt.com by Will Keller
On 07/24/2011,
in 21st century, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, creativity, digital audio, digital video, Europe, graphics, innovation, interactivity, multi-touch, multimedia, user experience (UX),
by Daniel Christian
On 06/17/2011,
in computer science, engineering, human-computer interaction (HCI), Microsoft, programming, tools, user experience (UX), user interface design,
by Daniel Christian
Microsoft advances natural UI with Kinect SDK — from cnet.com by Jay Greene
Oregon State University student Alex Wiggins gestures to Kinect, which in turn makes a remote-control
toy helicopter take off while teammates Ruma Paul (left) and Fabio Matsui (right) look on. (Credit: Microsoft)
On 05/11/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, creativity, digital learning, digital video, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, media/film, vision/possibilities, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
What happens when sixth sense meets an iPad?–– from labnol.org
Excerpt:
Zach King, a film student from LA, has created this neat video where the iPad screen is projected in the form of a hologram and users can interact with the various apps using natural hand gestures. Futuristic but not impossible.
From DSC:
What a creative way to help people visualize your concept and to help bring your vision to a format that others can understand and work with! Great work on the digital video editing Zach!
On 03/01/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, change, convergence, future, game-changing environment, innovation, media/film, pace of change, technologies for your home, television, vendors, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
The Future of television: Sweeping change at breakneck speed — from Cisco by Scott Puopolo, Carlos Cordero, William Gerhardt, Kate Griffin, Leszek Izdebski, and David Parsons, Cisco IBSG Service Provider Practice
10 reasons you won’t recognize your television in the not-too-distant future
Also see their blog posting on this.
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Reminds me of a graphic I created a while back…
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On 02/08/2011,
in convergence, future, interface design, technologies for your home, television,
by Daniel Christian
What television is *really* becoming — by Philip Leigh at Inside Digital Media, Inc.
Excerpts:
Nicholas Negroponte who founded MIT’s Media Lab correctly put it sixteen years ago when he wrote in Being Digital “…the future open-architecture television is the personal computer, period.”
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Televisions will become giant windows into the Internet Cloud. They’ll transform into electronic hearths through which family members gather to remotely share communications and social experiences as much as to watch videos. In addition to watching “TV” shows and movies, they’ll use future televisions for video phone calls, FaceBook updates, news feeds, interactive gaming, and knowledge quests within the nearly infinite mind of the Internet. Moreover, such features will augment one another. For example, FaceBook socializing will alert us to new videos our friends are watching.
The television-as-Internet-window will ultimately have a more intuitive interface. It’s likely to provide a combination of icon-apps as well as Internet browsing. Although the man-machine interface will continue to offer a mouse-and-keyboard for a while we’ll also use a gesture sensitive interface like Microsoft Kinect demonstrated in this video.
On 02/08/2011,
in analytics, Augmented Reality (AR), e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, mobile learning, mobile technologies, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
The 2011 Horizon Report — from the New Media Consortium; via Educause
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Time-to-Adoption: One Year or Less
- Electronic Books
- Mobiles
Time-to-Adoption: Two to Three Years
- Augmented Reality
- Game-Based Learning
Time-to-Adoption: Four to Five Years
- Gesture-Based Computing
- Learning Analytics
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On 06/19/2010,
in digital audio, education technology, human-computer interaction (HCI), technologies for your home,
by Daniel Christian
New tech moves beyond the mouse, keyboard and screen — from CNN.com
On 06/14/2010,
in 3D, smart classrooms, user experience (UX), user interface design,
by Daniel Christian
Also see:
http://oblong.com/
On 06/02/2010,
in Asia, user interface design,
by Daniel Christian
From:
The Touch Gesture Reference Guide — by Luke Wroblewski
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Also see:
GestureWorks Open Source Gesture Library
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Apple’s latest patent outlines the future of multitouch — from techradar.com
Total control at the tip of your fingers
Microsoft’s Deskerity Project combines the powers of pen, touch, gesturing, voice — from FastCompany.com via Mr. Yohan Na, Calvin College, Teaching & Learning Digital Studio
