Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Sixth Sense Blurs the Line
Two weeks ago, I linked to Microsoft’s Vision of the Future videos. Well, today I found out about a technology being developed at MIT that is already paving the way to the kind of "computing everywhere" experience that Microsoft envisions.
At the recent TED Conference, Pattie Maes of MIT’s Media Lab demonstrated Sixth Sense, a wearable projection device developed by MIT student Pranav Mistry. In the parlance of Neuromancer author and science fiction idol William Gibson, MIT's Sixth Sense truly blurs the line between meatspace and cyberspace.
At 5:56, 6:33, and 7:11 we glimpse how this new technology could allow users to interact with printed material (a book, newspaper, and airline ticket respectively). Also, the video hints at some of the applications this technology will present for retail and point of purchase displays (around the 5:20 mark).
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