Comments on: Wii + Microsoft Surface = Minority Report HCI? http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2008/01/03/wii-microsoft-surface-minority-report-hci/ Proud Sponsor of Your Future Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Crosslin http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2008/01/03/wii-microsoft-surface-minority-report-hci/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Matt Crosslin Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:07:11 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=137#comment-205 Looks like Samsung and Hilton have one-upped all of this:<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/the-wii-paradigm-expands-to-new-uses/">A Wave of Information</a><br /><br />The same concept will be appearing in Hilton hotel kiosks, but without the remote - just bare hands. Pretty cool.<br /><br /><br /> Looks like Samsung and Hilton have one-upped all of this:

A Wave of Information

The same concept will be appearing in Hilton hotel kiosks, but without the remote – just bare hands. Pretty cool.

]]> By: Erin Jennings http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2008/01/03/wii-microsoft-surface-minority-report-hci/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Erin Jennings Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:46:04 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=137#comment-204 Awesome! I am really excited about multi-touch technology. We're getting closer to being able to view a virtual object in 3D, turn it over in our 'hands', and actually feel the weight and texture of it through a haptic glove interface -- which could have a great impact on education (as well as 3D modeling, one of my hobbies). <br /><br />Here are links to some of the Johnny Lee Wii videos that are mentioned in the above clip:<br /><br />Using the Wii remote to create a head-tracking 3D display: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw</a><br /><br />Using the Wii remote to create a multi-touch whiteboard:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ</a><br /><br />The best part about these experiments is that the researcher provides his software (for free!) on his website: <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/">http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/</a> Awesome! I am really excited about multi-touch technology. We’re getting closer to being able to view a virtual object in 3D, turn it over in our ‘hands’, and actually feel the weight and texture of it through a haptic glove interface — which could have a great impact on education (as well as 3D modeling, one of my hobbies).

Here are links to some of the Johnny Lee Wii videos that are mentioned in the above clip:

Using the Wii remote to create a head-tracking 3D display: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

Using the Wii remote to create a multi-touch whiteboard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5EvhHy7eQ

The best part about these experiments is that the researcher provides his software (for free!) on his website: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/

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