A Memoriam of Steve Jobs and Our (Im)Take

By On October 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock (and assuming your rock doesn’t have WiFi access) just knows. The news of Steve Job’s passing has exploded across the internet with tribute videos, old video viewings, and news blasts in the form of tweets, posts, and updates at an all time high. With one of the most poignant and impactful memorials ever created for… ANYONE on Apple’s homepage, the news hit the tech and consumer world with an impact that exceeded that of The King of Pop’s recent passing. But not to embark on an Apples to oranges argument, the influence of Apple Computers has had, in the tech consumer world, been undeniably profound with Steve Jobs at the forefront.

As also posted on Techzulu (with an Immersive Technologies take on the bottom of this article): [...]

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Immersive Tech @ SIGGRAPH 2011

By On August 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

We had the opportunity to attend SIGGRAPH 2011, Vancouver this past week and were really happy with what we saw. It takes a certain level of innovation to excite us at this stage of the game but the exhibitors this year definitely did not disappoint. [...]

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The Future of Glass Technology

By On March 30, 2011 · 1 Comment

Here is another conceptual video created by Corning Incorporated in “A day made of glass.” It goes through what would be your typical day scenario waking up at your beautiful luscious estate, by your wife with model good looks, as the photovoltaic glass reveals yet another perfect day in pleasantville. Followed by various interaction with [...]

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Future of Screens – Experience Video

By On November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Capacitive screens has now become a commodity for touch screen devices. Screen technology is now taking the next leap and the coming years imagination is the only thing stopping us. We will soon have dual screens, malleable screens, screens built into wifi connected mirrors, desks or backside of gadgets clothed with e-ink screens, tactile feedback, [...]

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Multitouch with Hacked Microsoft Kinect

By On November 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Developer Florian Echtler at TISCH (Tangible Interactive Surfaces for Collaboration between Humans) has hacked Microsoft’s Kinect to create a simple proof-of-concept HD video of using a hacked Kinect camera for multitouch-like interaction. Written using libfreenect and libTISCH (http://tisch.sf.net). Echtler accomplished the hack by hooking the open source Kinect driver that’s floating around the web to [...]

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Minamo – Water-based Touchscreen (Time to get your hands wet!)

By On June 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Since the invention of the computer, man has constantly look for different way of interfacing and inputting into a computer. The mouse was probably one of the greatest leaps forward in making computers more accessible to individuals that didn’t want to learn the tedious commands required for a non-GUI (graphical user interface) interface. Touchscreen seems [...]

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