{"id":15498,"date":"2007-10-13T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T16:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/jnackdev\/2007\/10\/multitouch-holograms-other-next-gen-io.html"},"modified":"2007-10-13T16:43:35","modified_gmt":"2007-10-13T16:43:35","slug":"multitouch_holograms_other_next_gen_io-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2007\/10\/13\/multitouch_holograms_other_next_gen_io-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Multitouch, holograms, &amp; other next-gen I\/O"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A team at USC <a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2007\/08\/31\/usc-team-creates-360.html\">has built<\/a> a holographic &#8220;360\u00b0 Light Field Display&#8221; using a spinning mirror, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FF1vFTQOWN4&amp;eurl=http%3A\/\/gadgets.boingboing.net\/2007\/08\/31\/usc-team-creates-360.html\">the resulting video<\/a> is pretty amazing.&#160; Note: Do not attempt to make out with images depicted this way.&#160; (I do wonder if you can sing &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iron_Man_%28song%29\">Iron Man<\/a>&#8221; into it, as you would an oscillating fan.)<\/li>\n<li>Italian design firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.v12design.com\/\">V12 Design+Engineering<\/a> has come up with an interesting proposal: the <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/gadgets\/canova\/canovas-dualscreen-laptop-likes-being-touched-233200.php\">Canova dual-display touch-screen notebook<\/a> computer.&#160; Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gadgetell.com\/2006\/06\/canova-dual-display-touch-screen-notebook\/\">additional images<\/a>, including a mockup of the device running Photoshop. [Via Rob Corell]<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frederiksamuel.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/ecko-red.html\">Ecko LCD bus shelter<\/a> is designed to let passersby scribble graffiti via Bluetooth-enabled cell phones; here&#8217;s a slightly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frederiksamuel.com\/blog\/SINGLE_AD_PAGE.php?ad=ecko_cell.jpg\">larger image<\/a>.&#160; I&#8217;m having trouble finding more on the topic, making me wonder whether it ever got out of the concept phase. <\/li>\n<li>Helsinki&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/citywall.org\/pages\/about\">CityWall collaborative social space<\/a> &#8220;is a large mutli-touch display installed in a central location in Helsinki which acts as a collaborative and playful interface,&#8221; enabling navigation of specially tags media from Flickr &amp; YouTube. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/the_citywall_a_collaborative_social_space_in_helsinki_finland_6985.asp\">Via<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>The crew at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimaforms.com\/\">Minimaforms<\/a> has brought <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativereview.co.uk\/crblog\/smoke-signals-over-bristol\/\">SMS-driven laser writing on smoke<\/a> to Bristol&#8217;s OFFLOAD festival. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2007\/10\/03\/sms-smoke-signals.html\">Via<\/a>] <\/li>\n<li>CNET has posted additional images &amp; details on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com\/2300-1041_3-6211837-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg\">Microsoft Surface<\/a> touch-sensitive screen. <\/li>\n<li>My old colleague Noah Mittman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teradome.com\/posts\/its-good-its-not-haptic\">offers a useful clarification<\/a> regarding &#8220;haptic interfaces&#8221;: &#8220;For an interface to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usabilityfirst.com\/glossary\/main.cgi?function=display_term&amp;term_id=789\">haptic<\/a>, <em>touch<\/em> must be its output&#8221;&#8211;not just the input.&#160; He points out a <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/gadgets\/gadgets\/haptic-glove-transmits-feelings-to-your-hands-porn-industry-excited-already-286848.php\">crazy haptic glove<\/a> shown this year at SIGGRAPH.&#160; See also this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/new_cad_interface_simulates_sculpting_7718.asp\">CAD interface that simulates sculpting<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>For more info on how these things have evolved &amp; where they might be going, see Robert Cravotta&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edn.com\/index.asp?layout=article&amp;articleid=CA6466206\">history of gesture interfaces<\/a>. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.core77.com\/blog\/object_culture\/article_on_the_evolution_of_gesture_interfaces_7195.asp\">Via<\/a>]\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team at USC has built a holographic &#8220;360\u00b0 Light Field Display&#8221; using a spinning mirror, and the resulting video is pretty amazing.&#160; Note: Do not attempt to make out with images depicted this way.&#160; (I do wonder if you can sing &#8220;Iron Man&#8221; into it, as you would an oscillating fan.) 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