This is a mind-blowing video showing the near-term future of gestural interfaces from John Underkoffler. This was originally posted by Cliff Kuang from Fast Company and you should definitely check out the full article here. As for the video, I don’t think people realize how close the HUI (Human User Interface) revolution is to becoming a reality. Between internet connected television sets with integrated webcams to motion based games coming out for Xbox’s Project Natal Kinect, consumer based products will be first to usher in this revolution in interaction.
This is one area where Augmented Reality will be heating up later this year once consumers are exposed to full body recognition gaming and experiences. Pretty impressive but does require PlayStation Eye Camera versus standard off the shelf webcam. More details from Joystiq here.
On another note, I wonder how far we are from actually achieving the type of AR/VR gameplay concepted below…
Have you heard about Microsoft’s Project Natal (it’s currently trending on twitter)? If you haven’t, it promises to allow you to play your XBox 360 without a controller, and was just announced at E3 out here in LA. Sadly, there’s no price or release date yet, but below is a video of the technology, allegedly showing what it’s capable of. It’s causing a touch of stir in our offices as we discuss what we think is fact versus fiction (not to mention how stable/reliable we think the “simpler” elements will or won’t be). Personally, I think it’s a hybrid of the two. That is, I think some of the functionality showcased below won’t be seen in the market place for quite some time (e.g. the online shopping elements), while some of it, I can see hitting our living rooms in the not too distant future. I guess I’ll find out more tomorrow when I go to E3, but I’d love to hear your initial thoughts on this.
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