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Major HCI Leaps Ahead?

16 Jul 2003 by Ryan Singer

Killer augmented interfaces like those seen in Minority Report and the Matrix: Reloaded are finally creeping into reality thanks to tripped out grad students.

Painting in 3DSoon we’ll be painting in 3D by waving our hands and sitting around virtual objects instead of huddling around monitors. There’s even a free, cross-platform augmented reality toolkit available for adventurous hobbyists.

Check this video (8mb mov) of modelling a flower.

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16 Jul 2003 | Scott M. said...

hehe I got tired just watching Tom Cruise use his computer in Minority Report. Can you imagine full body RSIs? It would certainly keep you fit.

Direct interface to the brain, that's what I want. No RSIs. Just a little chaffing on the back of the neck where the socket is...

16 Jul 2003 | Mal Ross said...

And those demos are from over two years ago!

16 Jul 2003 | steve said...

I know what Ryan Singer's desk looks like, but how about an introduction? And what happened to Six Degrees of Web?

16 Jul 2003 | JF said...

Six Degrees is being tweaked.

16 Jul 2003 | monkeyinabox said...

Didn't The Matirx Reloaded just use a old "snow" iMac with touchscreen? :)

16 Jul 2003 | pbr said...

At least now computer people will be getting some exercise.

16 Jul 2003 | Joshua Kaufman said...

New interfaces may be creeping into reality, but they're still far from accessible to average consumers. "Soon" means decades in HCI-time.

And what happened to Six Degrees of Web?

The Six Degrees weblog entry is still there but no longer appears on the index or archives. Interesting tweaking strategy. *raises eyebrow*

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