G-Speak Minority Report Gesture UI Actually Made By Minority Report Designer

Kit Eaton — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:25:00 EST

Un-frickin-believable: there've been a few pretenders, but it looks like this new G-Speak system is really the Minority Report UI made into science-faction;it's made by one of the guys who actually worked on advising the Minority Report movie. It even has gloves something akin to Tom Cruise's natty controllers from the film, and it lets you do the whole arms waving in the air, drag items between screens, object-oriented interface control.

Though you might not have Tom's trademark piercing stare while you're at it. And if you think, "holy crap, that really is like the film!" then here's the reason: maker Oblong Industrie—who dub G-Speak a "gesture-based interface with recombinant networking and real-world pixels"...wowsers—was partly founded by one of the film's science advisers. There's just one question, really: when can we have one? [Engadget via Gizmowatch]

The Tom Cruise, Helio Connection

Travis Hudson — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:04:23 EDT

Tom Cruise, the Myspace user? You better believe it. Cruise, king of all thing Scientologific, is also a pretty big Helio fan. He was the first user of the Helio Myspace phone. He was also involved with the shooting of the first two Helio commercial and rumor has it that he had some odd demands on set. According to Gearlog, Cruise demanded $1,000 worth of sushi and then bailed on the filming and the sushi, allowing it be consumed by the Helio filming staff.

In related batshit Tom Cruise rumors, word around the block is that our little scientologist has gotten bored with his absurd religion and has invested in a hip wireless carrier. There are only three words to describe Cruise and his crazy antics. What. The. Fuck. – Travis Hudson

Does Helio Have Tom Cruise's Money? [Gearlog]

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G-Speak Minority Report Gesture UI Actually Made By Minority Report Designer

The Tom Cruise, Helio Connection