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Reference:The Hope of Tomorrow, Quantum Teleportation, Dawn -the next endeavour- and so on.
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Hand-Tech, Concept for a new kind of device
A technological device wearable like a glove, that uses gestures as interface.
The fabric is woven with special sensors and mini projectors that read the hand’s movements and translate them into practical functions.
Using a sequence of gestures it is possible to take pictures, make videos and display information.
The glove can also translate the sign language used by deaf people (manual communication) into sound pattern (spoken language).
Hand-tech expands the communicative power of the sign language converting an iconic gesture into a concrete action.
Folks who are new to the IT biz might be confused by many of the adjectives that are used to describe various software products. Here, we provide a brief glossary of several common descriptors and their definitions.
- Powerful: gimmicky
- Self-documenting: verbose
- Encourages best practices: explodes if you look at it funny
- Exposes low-level functionality: bad user interface
- Industry standard: archaic
- Community-driven: untested
- Proprietary: undocumented
- Certified: overpriced
- Flexible: config file is larger than actual program
- Interoperable: equally incompatible with everything
- Drop-in replacement: cunning trap
- User friendly: pain in the ass
Building VR in VR
Short demo from Epic Games showcasing how 3D content can be contructed with their Unreal Engine using VR tools and interface:
The Unreal Editor is up and running in VR, so you can build VR content in VR. Using the Oculus Touch and HTC Vive motion controllers, your movement in the real world is mapped one-to-one in VR; you can reach out, grab, and manipulate objects just as you would in real life. You already know how to use this tool, because it works like the world works.
These are the early days of the revolution in immersive VR content creation, but we’re so excited about what’s up and running that we couldn’t keep it a secret anymore! VR movement and editing controls are functional, along with key parts of the Unreal Editor UI, including the Details Panel and the Content Browser. We’ll be showing more and announcing the release date at GDC on Wednesday March 16, 2016. And when it’s released, it will be a built-in feature of the freely-downloadable Unreal Engine, with full source on GitHub
Best of all, this isn’t a limited mode for VR preview and tweaking. It is the Unreal Editor, now running in VR. The same Unreal Editor that’s used by everyone ranging from indies and mod makers to triple-A development teams with $100,000,000 budgets. And it runs in VR!
rink
Demo of VR interface prototype from Samsung is an attachment that fits around the hand. Whilst only a demo and certainly not planned as a consumer product, it is interesting from a potential mass-market direction of VR:
‘Rink’ is a Samsung Electronics C-lab development project for Samsung Gear VR, a device that makes hand control possible. This handheld sensor allows you to move, click and drag your way through VR content. Scheduled to be demoed on stage at CES 2016, watch the video to see Rink in action!
More Concept Art and a screenshot showing the current interface for multiple choice decisions.
“Tandie”
aka Humanoid Interface Platform - Assistant
Peppy, energetic, polite, but can sometimes come across as blunt or clueless.
Her demeanor “slows down” to a more confused state when processing … human … emotions?
Uh … That’s pretty weird stuff.Likes: Table tennis, helping others, animals (mostly birds), games
Dislikes: Hot weather, having her vision blocked, malware, noise“’What’s up, world!’
‘What’s up, friend!’
That is how it goes, right?”
Reality Editor
Augmented interface project from the MIT Fluid Interfaces Group lets you connect and program objects in the real world to perform alternative functions:
The Reality Editor is a new kind of tool for empowering you to connect and manipulate the functionality of physical objects. Just point the camera of your smartphone at an object and its invisible capabilities will become visible for you to edit. Drag a virtual line from one object to another and create a new relationship between these objects. With this simplicity, you are able to master the entire scope of connected objects.
The Reality Editor is a result of three years of MIT research. The goal of our research is the creation of technology that grants the user maximum control by leveraging human strength such as spatial coordination, muscle memory and tool-making. For example, that light switch in your bedroom you always need to stand up in order to turn off—just point the Reality Editor at an object next to your bed and draw a line to the light. You have just customized your home to serve your convenience. From now on you will use your spatial coordination and muscle memory to easily operate the object next to your bed as a tool for controlling the light. If you want a timer linked to the light, just borrow the functionality of an object with a timer, such as a TV, by drawing a line from it to the light. Another example is the interior of a car – sometimes it may be too warm in the summer or too cold in the winter when the engine is started. Just point the Reality Editor at your bed and then connect it to the temperature system in your car – when you wake up, the car sets the correct temperature for you to drive to work.
KARRIE:
A direct predecessor to Tandie’s model in the Humanoid Interface Platform series.
Employed mainly for construction, medical, logistics, server management, and software development purposes.
SANDOW:
A university prototype originally developed as a test bed to research advanced artificial muscle tech and sensory reception/processing.
Currently being used to research artificial sentience.
Also shown are versions developed after Tandie…
TOPPIE:
A later-model Human Interface Platform, designed for middle schooler-aged and shorter individuals.
SPROUT:
A robotic companion designed for home living. Can speak in 20 languages, access the Internet, and comes with a mini-USB cable + keyboard.
