Imagine a world where we are free from physical constraints, where we can shape and bend our environment to our will like in a dream. Imagine a world where hardware or software is not the bottle neck to creation, but the only bottle neck is our own imagination and creativity. This is ultimately the vision of ImmersiveTech we exist to promote the development and adoption of immersive technology so that we can expand on our human potential.
Victor Hugo once said "nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come." At ImmersiveTech, we believe that the time has come for physical and digital convergence. We believe that with help from our supporters we can create a central, unbiased community to advance the human experience through immersive technology.
The world's first ever Immersive Technology Summit will be held at the Los Angeles Center Studios (LACS) on October 21st, 2010.
Hitachi has developed a display plaform that has "Minority Report" like interface without the use of a gesture glove. Gesture control is the future, as a video has surfaced showing a Hitachi system that lets you interact with it. It's currently still a working prototype, but this technology could make it to digital signages, or even in the medical field, both of which would be useful applications. According to an engineer, if Hitachi decided to include such technology into a consumer TV, it'll have to be in the middle of 2011 at earliest.
Finally we're starting to see ways of interaction with public consoles and displays systems in the public without the worry of getting our hands dirty or vice versa in the process!
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What is Gesture Control (GC)? The Meddling Geniuses at ImmersiveTech break it down and explain it in plain simple English. Pointing to and tapping your wrist means you're asking what time it is in any part of the world. Gesturing has been around before the days of verbal communication, but early exploration of gesture control started only in the early 1980's.
Gesture Control (Gesture recognition and Interface) is a term for human interaction with an electronic device by the use of simple hand gestures and body movements. Companies like Mgestyk Technologies and Oblong Industries use computer vision and gesture gloves to allow user input that expresses their will and commands without the use of a traditional keyboard and mouse-based system. The ways that we interact with computers and other electronic devices have evolved in such a way that it has become progressively simplified and intuitive. Just as the mouse was a great leap forward in becoming a standard form of interface control, so too will gesture control.
The world's first ever Immersive Technology Summit will be held at the Los Angeles Center Studios (LACS) on October 21st, 2010.
The Gestix system was developed by researchers from Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), and is designed to enable doctors in the operating room to change digital images with a hand movement, rather than by touching a screen, keyboard or mouse - all of which compromise sterility and could spread infection.
There is actually a more detailed posting about this in an earlier posting but a video was not found. Here is the video to compliment the article and to demonstrate that gesture control has practical application beyond just basic computing and gaming.
Toshiba demonstrates their prototype of a TV remote controlled by hand gestures at CES 2010. The keyboard and mouse were two of the great leaps forward in simplifying user interfaces with computers. Gesture control, where control is done by merely moving your hands, is the next great leap forward in user interfaces with electronics of all kinds. We saw Microsoft's Kinect work with their Xbox, but not every person needs or wants a game console. Toshiba's gesture control TV brings gesture control to the general masses. Practically everyone these days has a TV!
I have to say that this is rather cool. No more rummaging through the coffee table or diving through the sofa cushions to find the remote control. All you have to do is put your hands and move them! There is one concern that comes to mind though... what happens during football season and all your friends are over watching the game and cheering? Will it be able to discriminate gestures then? Either way, this TV is sure to impress your guests!
The world's first ever Immersive Technology Summit will be held at the Los Angeles Center Studios (LACS) on October 21st, 2010.
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