Elon Musk – The Future of Design [video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqs_S-zEBY&feature=youtu.be

by dshankar • 13 years ago

22 5 13 years ago

I am surprised Elon was so excited about it, it's not that useful. So it is more of a sloppy 3d viewer and navigator and shaky hands will always get in the way. I thought they have a way to zoom into a hidden component and sculpture additional details in-place with hands.

avbor• 13 years ago

Agreed, when I heard the news before, I was under the assumption that actual design was being done with this, and not viewing the product per say. Still, looked like it was a pretty natural system to use. I'm sure it'll be useful, just not as groundbreaking a change as we hoped.

kineticfocus• 13 years ago

The most appropriate UI I've seen to do quick 3d modeling has to be this one... http://vimeo.com/1669862 (ILoveSketch). It'd be nice to see Elon's setup with a parametric calculating/suggesting version of that UI.

jared314• 13 years ago

It looks like a 3d version of the original Sketchpad[1] and GRaIL[2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=495nCzxM9PI )

[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQhVQ1UG6aM

james4k• 13 years ago

Once someone figures out a natural content creation interface, that will be truly groundbreaking. Who knows if it's even possible purely with hand gestures. I forget where I read this, but one of the major factors in precise control over anything is the use of tactile feedback from your fingers, which you just don't get from hand gestures and a visual interface. Disney was even experimenting with air puffs propelled at your fingers to do this. [1]

[1] http://www.disneyresearch.com/project/aireal

Elon Musk – The Future of Design [video]

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