You, Too, Can Soon Be Like Tom Cruise in ‘Minority Report’

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by robg • 16 years ago

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dc2k08• 16 years ago

Anyone else use the cooliris image viewer add-on? Looks similar to what he was using in the photos. 'Minority report' is exactly how I describe it.

TomasSedovic• 16 years ago

Instead of Minority Report, I'm more interested in the "piece of paper" computer that is featured in the Caprica show.

From what I've seen, we have the technology already.

f_sav3• 16 years ago

Well there's this MIT student's project which looks similar to that Caprica thing (from what I've seen of it):

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/02/ted-digital-six/

bemmu• 16 years ago

That might be the iPad after 5 years, when they gradually get it to be thinner and thinner.

RyanMcGreal• 16 years ago

So, tired arms and contraband retinas?

godDLL• 16 years ago

I was more like, - "You mean like, short?"

f_sav3• 16 years ago

The technology looks very nice, if a bit slow to react at times (from the video). But maybe that's just a voluntary kind of "momentum" introduced in their software.

(And getting to make choices for a movie based on his research is one heck of an opportunity to imprint minds with the idea "this is the way of the future" if the technology ever does come out commercially)

evlapix2• 16 years ago

Pfft.. Minority Report? Make me an interface like the one in Hackers.

f_sav3• 16 years ago

Yeah those equations flying around seemed _real_ useful :)

evlapix2• 16 years ago

No doubt. Not to mention the visual and audio feedback you get when information is sent/received. I feel like there is a real advantage to watching bright colored bytes buzz by me while I explore data.

teeja• 16 years ago

It'd be great to have what you're looking for flash off and on like that garbage file, in purple, with an accompanying buzzing tone. But I still don't think it'd get me to wave my arms around like an evangelist.

cliveholloway• 16 years ago

But... I don't want to over act.

lutorm• 16 years ago

You mean detain people for crimes they haven't yet committed? I thought you just needed to join the US goverment to do that...

petewarden• 16 years ago

I've known the founders John and Kwin for a few years, so here's a few more details:

- It really works. The key difference between this and other gestural interfaces is that it doesn't require any markers, just a couple of video cameras. The magic is in the processing, they're able to get millimeter-accurate positioning from your fingers. That means you can use your finger like a laser pointer, even for delicate work. I spent some time using it two years ago, and it just all works.

- You don't have to get gorilla arm. One of my first concerns was holding my arms up, since I suffer from RSI. It works fine with your hands by your sides.

- They self-funded for a couple of years getting a prototype working, then got VC from the Foundry Group, Brad Feld's firm.

tungstenfurnace• 16 years ago

Problem is that, unlike in that movie, our computers aren't slick or fast. Gains in speed are quickly lost by the added load of new features.

mortenjorck• 16 years ago

Anyone have a video link to the TED presentation? All I can turn up is the original G-Speak demo from 18 months ago. From the TED stills, it looks like they've done a lot in the interim.

You, Too, Can Soon Be Like Tom Cruise in ‘Minority Report’

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