prostheticknowledge:Prototype Real / Digital Info Interface SystemUsing projection and gestures to c
prostheticknowledge:Prototype Real / Digital Info Interface SystemUsing projection and gestures to create interactive relationship with information - video embedded below:Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a next generation user interface which can accurately detect the users finger and what it is touching, creating an interactive touchscreen-like system, using objects in the real word.“We think paper and many other objects could be manipulated by touching them, as with a touchscreen. This system doesn’t use any special hardware; it consists of just a device like an ordinary webcam, plus a commercial projector. Its capabilities are achieved by image processing technology.”Using this technology, information can be imported from a document as data, by selecting the necessary parts with your finger.More at DigInfo hereRELATED: This is very similar to a concept developed in 1991 called ‘The Digital Desk’ [link]so bloody cool. Who says Iron Man tech is bullshit? *coughAaroncough*Seriously though- this- and other 3d technologies are the basis of all that 3d free-space technology that Tony Stark has in the Iron Man movies. We have the means to do things very similar. -- source link