I was browsing through the TED conference videos, and came across MIT’s work on an augmented reality device. Essentially, it allows you to access and manipulate data by turning any surface into a touch screen device. Users wear a picoprojector and manipulate data using colored finger bands, which is not entirely socially acceptable, but it’s still pretty sweet. Check out the demo here:
I’m particularly interested in the ability to project relevant and related information based on what you are looking at (whether that’s eco-stats on shopping items, or my favorite, a word cloud of someone you meet at a party). It makes sense for this to be trasnlated to (sun)glasses where the projection isn’t public and the whole device would conceivably be more subtle.
Post a Comment