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Microsoft Wearable Mouse Patent Should Be Named "The Surf N' Jerk"

Microsoft continues their quest to bring Minority Report to life with a recently published patent for a wearable mouse from 2006. Now you too can wave your hands around like Tom Cruise—jumping optional—to control the cursor on your computer screen. The mouse is placed around the palm and activated by making a fist. The cursor moves based on a gyroscope inside which tracks the X and Y coordinates of your hand, much like a Wiimote. The handheld style opens our eyes to some interesting possibilities. More »

1:13 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Benny Goldman
5,030 views, 23 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: All I needed was something that looked like that, only it had a small trackball on top, and with 2 trigger action for the buttons No need for accelerometers or other sh*t. I already have a pointer that is almost like what more »

no touch surface

Wiimote Hack Converts TV into Touchless Microsoft Surface

This user interface project allows you to control objects on a display using gestures, working like Microsoft's Surface but without touching the screen at all. Inspired by Johnny Chung Lee's work, the system requires you to wear Minority Report-style gloves equipped with infrared emitters on your fingertips. A Wiimote on top of the display keeps track of these IR LEDs, while the software can read the motion down to two-finger pinching gestures for image zooming. Hopefuly, using it won't convert you into a sofa-jumping, grinning-crazy, Scientology-member maniac. [Oh Gizmo]

9:50 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Jesus Diaz
38,479 views, 29 comments

Latest by subskin: What are they doing to that poor baby in the background? Does this thing run on children's tears? Monsters... more »

minority report

Orange Shows Off Gesture Based Interaction Screen, Touch Screens Look On in Horror

Orange has unveiled a gesture based interaction screen that has been produced by a UK agency on their behalf. The agency, known as The Alternative, said it was the first time such a display had been on show to the general public. The purpose of the technology is mainly as an advertising opportunity for Orange, but selecting your favorite music clips have never been so fun. Check out the clip to see what all the fuss is about. More »

10:10 AM on Sat Jan 19 2008
By Haroon Malik
5,876 views, 20 comments

Latest by soldstatic: it seems so limited with the only action yo ucan take being to drag something from one side to the other. three motions, gesture from right to left or inversely from left to right, and from top to bottom. those are the only more »

gadgets

Eyes-on With Lumus Minority Report Projection Glasses

The Pitch: Glasses that project a transparent virtual interface directly into your eyes, essentially bringing to life all heads-up user interface designs from every Sci-Fi show ever. More »

7:09 PM on Tue Jan 8 2008
By Jason Chen
10,255 views, 30 comments

Latest by pj737: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Rub it in guys. I'd buy a pair for my hands... if only they had eyes. more »

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Minority Report Touch Interface for Real

The iPhone's new touch interface might be nice, but it's nowhere near as involved as the future UI envisioned in Minority Report, where Tom Cruise could drag objects across the screen and manipulate them in all kinds of ways, or "push" them aside to bring up something new. Jeff Han, a research scientist at NYU's Courant Institute, has come up with such an interface, which responds not only to touch and gestures, but to varying degrees of pressure. He flips photos across the screen, zooms in, throws them away, and calls up new ones, among a variety of other cool uses of the interface. It looks startlingly responsive and natural, far more so than a standard PC setup. It's hard to describe here how intense and possibly revolutionary the setup is, so you really need to check out the video and article for yourself. With any luck, his new company Perceptive Pixel will be bringing it to our eager fingertips before too long – Matt Buchanan More »

8:00 AM on Thu Jan 18 2007
By Matt Buchanan
2,931 views, 26 comments

Latest by soundengineer: it'd be really cool to actually have a replica of the technology as seen in minority report. loved the cool gloves. :) but does one really need to get so close to a screen? :S what happened to the 30 more »

e306

E306 Clips: Xbox 360 Gesture Recognition

GestPoint has some cool gesture recognition going on with two of the upcoming Xbox 360 Eye-Toy cameras. Using two instead of one, they can detect motion in 3d space, in a sort of Wii-controller like fashion. Using your finger or other body part, you can direct a sword or other objects on the screen up, down, left, right, in, and out. The fun part is the in and out. More »

7:50 PM on Wed May 10 2006
By Jason Chen
2,507 views, 2 comments

gadgets

Minority Report Screen at ORD

If you're passing through terminal 3 at Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD), take a look the Accenture Interactive Network screen, a 10x7-foot monster that reminds us of Tom Cruise's computer symphony in Minority Report. The touchscreen tech lets you move windows around with your hands, giving you access to the latest weather, news, and video clips. More »

11:54 AM on Thu May 4 2006
By Charlie White
2,304 views, 6 comments