Research
g-speak: Minority Report UI in real life
Tom Cruise’s character, whatever his name, had to be heavily sour after standing and waving his hands in front of a huge interactive holographic screen for hours in the Minority Report movie.
I think operating an interface with hand gestures, without touching anything seems to be such a natural idea that if it only was truly usable to operate a sophisticated interface at work, it would be in use by now.
Even though it seems to be nothing new, Cruise’s extensive excersises made people wow so much that whenever I mention that I’m going to build an interactive, free gesture operated interface everyone’s like: ‘Ah yeah, cool, something like in Minority Report!?’. Well, not.
A group of scientists from a company (lab?) called Oblong Industries have created what’s called g-speak, something very much similar to Tom Cruises film toy (actually, one of Oblong co-founders was a science advisor to the movie). Only the gloves are less ’stylish’:
Reminds these serious finger-shooter wars we waged in primary school..
Why isn’t it similar to my project? Because it still needs an input device - the gloves. They’re good if the heating goes down in your office, but with all respect for the - honestly - amazing Spacial Operating Environment system, who would use something like that for everyday work (unless one wants to save a few quid on the gym) ?
If not the office, where could such thing be used? Well, I think anywhere else, on bus stations, in shopping centers and in music clubs as well as on streets.. and by anyone, just usual everyday people with at hands.
The problem is that around 100% people usually don’t carry interactive (gyroscope-laser?) gloves with them..
Therefore my question: What if users could interact intuitively with a simple screen-projected interface with their bare hands and body movements?
With some luck the answer is coming next Spring.. (more tba after Friday’s initial presentation at the Uni)
Impressive videoinstallation in Moscow
During my research for an interactive wall project I’ve come across this installation. It’s not interactive nor seems to be a live vj set but it’s a massive piece of motion art.
As per Januk Latushka this was a videoinstallation on the last floor of Federation Tower, the highest skyscraper in Moscow. The event was dedicated to the completion of the constuction.
More opening parties like this, please.