By Malcolm Owen | No Comments
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 9:49 pm

The powers that be at Oblong Industries (fantastic name, by the way) have come up with a brilliant computer interface based on what you saw Tom Cruise use in Minority Report. It’s a bunch of screens on walls, a table that acts like a screen as well, and some gloves that can be used for selecting, moving, resizing, positioning and editing media on the screens. According to the blurb, one of the founders of the company was an advisor on the film, so at least we know why there is such a heavy resemblance.

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

Despite the fact that it’s very cool and all that jazz, I just can’t see any real commercial reason for doing things this way. It’s hugely impractical for the home, and my head just begins to hurt at what kind of normal applications this could be used for.

Strangely, I think that the home made Wiimote version would be more useful. And cheaper. And wouldn’t take up an entire room…

[via Engadget]

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