The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology



At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

Popularity: 90% [?]

Try on Clothes in an Augmented Reality Changing Room



Try on clothes and share photos with your friends on Facebook before you buy. Tobi.com launches an Augmented Reality showroom powered by Fashionista.

Online clothes retailing is perhaps one of the appropriate markets for this technology.  It is a market where the visual appeal of the clothing matched with the potential customer is critical to the buying decision. Fashionista partially bridges the gap between in-person shopping and on-line shopping.

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Haptic Ring Lets You Feel Objects in Augmented Reality



A vibrating ring allows you to feel like you are touching a virtual teddy bear.

The first thing that we often give children to hold is a stuffed animal so it makes sense that the first virtual object that you touch will be a teddy bear. At the Digital Contents Expo in Tokyo, developers demonstrated a ring that uses vibrations to let you feel what you see on a screen. This augmented reality touchy-feely experience is the brainchild of Tokyo Institute of Technology and the University of Electro-communications. The cute and cuddly teddy bear the ring lets you interact with is known as a Virtual Creature (VC) and is as much of the focus of the research as the ring itself. Check out the videos after the break.

When we talk about haptics, the transfer of sensation from the digital world to the real world, we often discuss the next generation of human-computer interfaces. Future hardware and software could become more intuitive when you can actually feel what you are working with. However, haptics are also a key point of entry into full sensory virtual reality. Augmented reality, with its blend of digital and real-world images, is a sort of VR-lite and it’s a good testing ground for a haptics device. While not nearly complex enough to give you the sensation of being immersed in a virtual environment, the haptics ring is a good first step into that realm.

full review: http://mikemartoccia.posterous.com/haptic-ring-lets-you-feel-objects-in-augmente

Popularity: 70% [?]

“Minority Report” interface using Flash and FLAR toolkit



In this video a “Minority Report” interface is shown, using FLAR toolkit and Flash.

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Augmented Reality Real-time Repair Manual



By David Y Tan  Oct 27, ‘09

Repairing and maintaining your car and complex machinery will never be the same again. AR Technology being developed at Columbia University in cooperation with the US military shows the mechanic in real time what to do next.

Virtual images of parts to be replaced, the bolts that need to be removed and even the direction they need to be turned are superimposed on the real-time view of the engine.

Not surprisingly, studies have shown that the AR “repair manual” is much more effective than the traditional 2D computer screen based version of the same instructions.

Popularity: 19% [?]

PS3 Virtual Pet Reacts to Voices, Gestures and Objects



By David Y Tan  Oct 23, ‘09
Too lazy to look after a real pet? Sony launches a new Virtual Pet game for the PS3 that combines elements of Augmented Reality, Gesture Technology and Artificial Intelligence.

The EyePet is fully aware of the people and objects in the room.  It reacts to voices and gestures as well as toys the player puts on screen.

“By completing daily tasks, you can teach your EyePet brand new games to play”

“Poke him and he jumps, stroke him and he’ll roll over in contentment, tickle him and he’ll laugh.”

This will be a welcome alternative for parents looking for a game that isn’t centered around fighting.  And … it may give them a short break from the kids pestering for a real pet.

Popularity: 28% [?]

Audi Car Configurator on Microsoft Surface



Audi Car Configurator on Surface @ IAA 2009 from Neue Digitale / Razorfish on Vimeo.

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Revolutionary desktop interface – mouse evolution



10/GUI from C. Miller on Vimeo.

Here it is: my crazy summer project to reinvent desktop human-computer interaction.

This video examines the benefits and limitations inherent in current mouse-based and window-oriented interfaces, the problems facing other potential solutions, and visualizes my proposal for a completely new way of interacting with desktop computers.

There’s more information at 10gui.com .

Popularity: 17% [?]

Virtual Autopsy Table



The Virtual Autopsy Table from NorrköpingsVisualiseringscenter on Vimeo.

Popularity: 15% [?]

BrainToBrain: A BCI Experiment



This is a BCI experiment whereby one person uses BCI to transmit a series of digits over the internet to another person whos computer receives the digits and transmits them to the second users through flashing an LED array. The encoded information is extracted from the brain activity of the second user. This shows true brain-to-brain activity. This is done as a proof of concept – to show that B2B *is* possible – which it is, as we show here. The first person uses motor imagery to generate the digits and the flashing LEDS generate steady-state visual evoked potentials in the brain of the second person – the PCs read these data from the electroencephalograms of EEG person.

Popularity: 24% [?]

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