I happened across this little item today.
Each night as I watch CNN or some other "got bucks" TV show, I marvel at the great interactive computer graphics where the TV guy manipulates pictures on a giant computer screen with just his hands, growing or shrinking an image by seemingly just spreading or closing his fingers.
This is an article and 15 minute video of a speech given by the guy from the company that invented all that stuff, who predicts that within five years, we everyday folks will be getting that capability as a matter of course when we buy a new computer.
The speaker is John Underkoffler, of Oblong Industries. Underkoffler was at MIT when he was asked to lead a team that created the graphics used in the Tom Cruise movie, Minority Report.
I first saw the video that grabbed me at
http://www.ted.com/speakers/john_underkoffler.html
Also available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YTQJVzwlI
Each night as I watch CNN or some other "got bucks" TV show, I marvel at the great interactive computer graphics where the TV guy manipulates pictures on a giant computer screen with just his hands, growing or shrinking an image by seemingly just spreading or closing his fingers.
This is an article and 15 minute video of a speech given by the guy from the company that invented all that stuff, who predicts that within five years, we everyday folks will be getting that capability as a matter of course when we buy a new computer.
The speaker is John Underkoffler, of Oblong Industries. Underkoffler was at MIT when he was asked to lead a team that created the graphics used in the Tom Cruise movie, Minority Report.
I first saw the video that grabbed me at
http://www.ted.com/speakers/john_underkoffler.html
Also available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6YTQJVzwlI
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