Demo of Laptop/Tabletop Hybrid UI 66
TheGrapeApe writes "The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACMUIST) has an interesting proof-of-concept video up demonstrating the use of cameras and laser pico-projectors to 'extend' a laptop's user interface to adjacent surfaces. The video demonstrates some simple gestures like tapping and dragging being captured on the 'extended' surface. While the prototype appears to be somewhat cumbersome, it's easy to see how it might be more elegantly integrated into the hardware with more R&D."
I'm putting that on my bed... (Score:4, Insightful)
...and looking for POV on XXNX.com
Wouldnt do me any good... (Score:3, Insightful)
Ergonomics (Score:1, Insightful)
Not every presentation was made for YOU. (Score:4, Insightful)
That was the worst video demo I've seen in recent memory. None of the purported applications were interesting at all.
This was a bunch of students working on a sponsored project and presenting a video of their finished experiment to judges at a conference. The video was probably not even a primary concern, since judges would probably be seeing a live demo. You're living far too pampered a life if you think every product presentation is made with you and your personal needs in mind. Your reaction is an example of corporations ballooning people's sense of entitlement and self-importance to extravagant proportions.
The idea behind experiments like this one is not to immediately produce a salable item or any direct profit, but rather to encourage an environment where new kinds of thinking can emerge which might otherwise not, and thus present us with possibilities not envisioned prior. Another word for this is, "Play".
I strongly recommend you look into it.
-FL
Re:cool, but why do they have a wimp selling it? (Score:3, Insightful)