Projected 3D Desk Lamp: Like a Real-Life Minority Report
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Tom Cruise’s virtual info-surfing in the film Minority Report is often cited as the ideal future for information interactivity. The film is pretty horrendous, but who wouldn’t want to surf the Web (let alone some psychic’s brainwaves) like that? A true TCMR (Tom Cruise Minority Report) has come closer to reality with the work of a researcher from from the National Taiwan University in Taipei.
The researcher, Li-Wei Chan, has created a projected tabletop interface that will interact with a user and even allow multiple users to interact with one setup. It’s like a gigantic touch-screen interface that will allow various users to extract information they want via hand gestures or other devices, created via a single projector.
Words don’t do it justice. Check the video.
Now scientists just need get in gear bringing Jurassic Park to life. It’s been like 17 years. I was expecting to have my own triceratops by now. Get on that, science!
Via newscientist
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