Computer of the future...

I saw that the other day on the Newtek forum. Very very cool.

I love the User Interface in Minority Report. I'd love to edit liek that by "composing" the footage.

- Mikko
 
I have seen things like this in LINZ in Austria in the Ars Electronica Center (the musuem of the future). you can try out things like this there. it is awesome.
http://www.aec.at
 
tjohara99 said:
jeez, that's crazy!

I can't even begin to understand how you make something like this.
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Seems to me it's all about software. There are tons of touch screens out there, but you need OS/Soft that would accept multiple simulatenous inputs and translate the tracked data into interface commands. Of course, they might also be using some self-manufactured super cool touch screen panel... Anyway, that's very very cool. I hope we get to use stuff like that soon.

Though, my dad, who worked at HP for 20 years and now leads corporate sales department at Dell, said it's all fake. That it's some pre-recorded/composed stuff made to impress potential sponsors, nothing more.
 
Fake or not, that is still rediculous, although I find it funny that when they showed the audio software, it was clear that their main concern was getting a digital product that worked as close as possible to what old analog equipment can do (the fake turn tables and mixing boards)
 
I might be wrong, but I saw something similar by Sony, I doubt I will be able to find that video again, it was much more creepy than this one, basically you had thin bits of glass like material that you placed next to each other and they connected automactically that way you could build up anything you want, like your video files to your database, it was all graphically powered/hologram stuff. Man I should have saved that video, I guess are you guys are gonna think I'm talking crazy, but I swear I saw it.

Anhar
 
This is a Microsoft research project (or a ripoff of one) that I saw at Siggraph last August. The interface is amazing, but currently it is limited by its size since what you don't see here is the fact that the screen is semi-transparent and the imaging (yes, you can put your face up to the screen an take a picture) and navigation is done by multiple video cameras behind the the LCD panel.

There are a few moments in the video where you can see the hardware behind the LCD.

I can't wait until they figure out how to miniaturize it and make it available to the public. In the meantime, enjoy your Wacom LCD tablet or Tablet PC for now. The Tablet PC made by Motion Computing is incredible, but too damn pricey.
 
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