This was presented by Gary Bertoline from Purdue University.
I had seen some Haptic devices a few weeks previously and was impressed. These are devices which physically feed back as you use them - they are very expensive at the moment, but cheaper technologies are being developed. In the photos above, look at what the woman is holding with her right hand, and at the close-up, and think of it as a mouse/pointer device that will stop moving when you encounter an obstacle on-screen. This is currently possible to some extent with some computer gaming joysticks
I got into a conversation with Gary about the famous scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise is waving his hands about to interact with a computer (he must have been stood on a box!!), and asked if this was haptics, and the coversation turned to 'gesture recognition', which is another topic altogeher...
I had seen some Haptic devices a few weeks previously and was impressed. These are devices which physically feed back as you use them - they are very expensive at the moment, but cheaper technologies are being developed. In the photos above, look at what the woman is holding with her right hand, and at the close-up, and think of it as a mouse/pointer device that will stop moving when you encounter an obstacle on-screen. This is currently possible to some extent with some computer gaming joysticks
I got into a conversation with Gary about the famous scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise is waving his hands about to interact with a computer (he must have been stood on a box!!), and asked if this was haptics, and the coversation turned to 'gesture recognition', which is another topic altogeher...
More info about this session at: http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI07217
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Great example of "Minority-report-esque" system at http://fastcompany.com/video/general/perceptivepixel.html
It's the future you know....
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