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BoB writes "The folks at MobileBurn have had a chance to play in detail with a new motion controlled smartphone prototype by MyOrigo, called 'mydevice'. Surprisingly, it actually works quite well, and the writer claims it's fun to use, too. Is this the start of a whole range of motion controlled devices?" We covered a previous showing of MyOrigo's device a few months back.
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December 11, @06:46AM
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BoB writes "The folks at MobileBurn have had a chance to play in detail with a new motion controlled smartphone prototype by MyOrigo, called 'mydevice'. Surprisingly, it actually works quite well, and the writer claims it's fun to use, too. Is this the start of a whole range of motion controlled devices?" We covered a previous showing of MyOrigo's device a few months back.
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It was a clear and pleasant summer day in Goleta, California, where I was spending the summer at a private school situated by Santa Barbara Bay. I was only fourteen at the time. As it was summer break, there were no classes, but instead many outdoor activities. The school had a rather decent size pool -- not necessarily an 50m Olympic size, but nevertheless quite large, in an L shape.
I was having fun when, at one point, I felt that I had to take care of a little pressing business behind me. I had just gotten out earlier to use the toilet for frontal business, and I was not about to get out of the pool again! So I decided, "The hell with it!" and let loose in my swimming trunks, getting rid of all excess expenditures.
I had expected that this excess baggage would simply fall towards the bottom of the pool. However, this was not the case at all. Instead, some immediately surfaced, unveiling itself in full view of the other swimmers and the lifeguard. Further, more lumps decided to migrate to other parts of the pool, including the shallow end on the other part of the L. My shit was everywhere! I thought to myself, "Oh fuck! What am I going to do now?"
A couple of minutes went by when I felt another load brewing. This time, to my surprise, it was liquid! "Uh oh!" I thought. "Great. Now I have the runny shits." It definitely was quite obvious -- a brownish cloud began to form in the otherwise-clear water. The lifeguard saw the mess and blew his whistle, ordering all of us out of the water.
The next thing I knew was that all of us (except His Majesty the lifeguard) had to take one (white) towel and go back into the water to pick up as best as possible the turds thus scattered about. We picked up all that were visible and got out of the pool. Then we were told that from that moment, all swimming privileges for the remainder of the summer break were effectively cancelled!
Well, of course, this did not sit too well with us at all, having the pool taken away from us on these hot summer days. There were rumblings that whoever was responsible would be beaten to a pulp.
I was now caught between a rock and a hard place. I most certainly was not going to come forth and wind up physically assaulted by the rest of the student body -- but at the same time, I felt pretty bad for having caused our swimming privileges to be suspended. What was I to do?
We had gotten out of the pool, supposedly for the remainder of the summer, and were headed back to our respective dorms. En route, I nearly gave myself away as I inadvertently let loose a bit in my trunks. I still had the runny shits! Great. I had to be careful, especially just leaving the pool area under these circumstances, as I most certainly did not wish to wind up as pulp, thank you all the same.
I was able to make it back to my dorm and to the loo as well. I was in the beginning phases of becoming sick. I felt weak, and chilled. I climbed into bed -- I was just not feeling well at all. I even hurled once. I was concerned that being sick with diarrhea at this time would be a possible giveaway of who had shat in the pool. Fortunately, I was alone in my room, and I fell asleep.
I awoke later with a near accident in bed, as I had to use the loo again. By this time my roommates had returned, and conversation ensued; the topic, of course, was the event earlier that day at the pool. Threatening talk was made to really pulverize the culprit -- the student body was (understandably) rather upset of having our swimming privileges cut short. I lied and volunteered that I had become sick because of the event that happened that day. I told my roommates that I must of have caught something from that mess that had caused me to get sick.
I made frequent visits to the john all throughout the night, and didn't get sufficient sleep. I made it appear as if my frequent visits were caused by whoever let loose in the pool. And it worked! In fact, a rumor spread all around the school that I was the first victim of that dastardly act. Thu
I'm not sure if it's obvious to English-speaking folks, since I'm too lazy (and/or focused; I'm at work) to check with Greek and other languages, but the word "origo" is Swedish for "origin". I guess that makes sense for the device, and can almost smell the marketing-speak about "putting you at the center" or something... ;)
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Am getting some weirdo JSP errors.
But here's the Google cache to the rescue.
Go Finland!
Its ya birthday!
Go Finland!
Ya Ya Ya! Go Finland!
I wonder how well the motion control and mirroring work when you're on the move.
I can imagine how annoying it would be to have web pages scroll when you don't want them to scroll just because you were walking too quickly or the car or train you were travelling in provided a less than perfect ride.
Frankly, it seems like a big gimmick to me. UI that doesn't take into account practicality - UI for UI's sake - is doomed to failure.
"Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue." - David Brent, Wernham Hogg
So not only do people see me "talking to myself" (earpiece) but also me jerking my phone rapidly and waving my arms.
I just need a 3 way call with 2 shrinks to be given one of those nifty white jackets with the long sleeves.
"I'm not crazy. . . Yes I am. . . Shut up, all of you."
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plans continued? & why not? it's all good.
actually, this stuff is unbreakable, operates seamlessly on several (more than 3) dimensions, & offers unlimited energy to build on.
a real nightmare for the whoreabull payper liesense corepirate nazi softwar gangster stock markup fraud execrable/walking dead contingent.
for each of the creators' innocents harmed, there is a badtoll that must/will be repaid by you/US, as the greed/fear/ego based perpetraitors of the life0cide against the planet/population, will not be available to make reparations.
consult with/trust in yOUR creators... get ready to be enlightened.
you won't be needing any phonIE watch-you gadget to be able to detect the direction of the wwwinds of change, which are bullowing at gale force/farce.
felonious softwar gangsters hoping to freeze time? (Score:mynuts won, wrong #?)
by Anonymous Coward
on Thursday December 11, @06:35AM (#7688518)
buy striking DOWn UN motion to promote gnu/free stuff to developing nations.
they seem to have hit the eXPanding georgewellian fuddite corepirate nazi
execrable moretoll bullock. it's really just a sintax (t)error, whereas
the fuddites' infactdead process, keeps replacing the 'one' in one
wwworld, with won.
lookout bullow. continued pretending does not help/makes things worse?, if that's even possible.
united? nations? just won?
consult with/trust in yOUR creators.... the light itself, is not frozen, but
does does function just as well in extremely low temperatures, all the
way down to mynuts won? see you there?
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Also, no mention of outdoor screen brightness/contrast that I could find. That could be a killer with no real buttons.
Next came handsfree with autoanswering. It scared the crap out of me when the guy in front of me in line, sorta-kinda looking in my direction, would all of a sudden say, "Hello? Hi! How's it going?"
Now people will think you're epiletic or something when they see you waving a phone about crazily. Reading email isn't that bad, but what happens when you install Pacman?
Although maybe it would be good exercise against carpals....
Buses stop at a bus station
Trains stop at a train station
On my desk there's a workstation....
"Can I use your my device, please ?"
With that aggravating beauty, Lulu Walls.
First impressions:
- There's a technical term for people shaking their things in public. I believe the term is "w*nker" or "exhibitionist"
- Cellphone etiquette has improved a bit at last, and we have grown used to people talking to themselves in public. With this innovation, we can expect guys in suits doing a weird St-Vitus-SHake-that-funky-booty-type dance in restaurants, airports, streets.
- Looking at the problems my father used to have with his self-winding mechanical watch - i.e. Look, shake, hold to ear to see if its ticking, shake swear, hold to ear again, twiddle knob, shake, swear, swear - and this was in a time when people were still able to build GOOD mechanical devices, I cant see this thing lasting very long before it goes on the blink.
"If you wish to speak to an operator, put your hands on your hips, and stick your knees insiiiiiiide"
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When Compaq (RIP) were developing the iPAQ they looked at using a similar method of navigation. I remember reading an article in Linux Journal(?) about playing Doom under Linux controlled by shaking the pda around.
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Just wait until someone writes some kind of wacky motion sensing version of DDR for this thing. The looks will be priceless.
ha ha, beat you!
after disappearing/stealing millions/billions of J.'s hardearned future, are sentenced, to probation? what a surprise?
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Parent is troll, thats a google cache and not goatse.
Die troll.
great lesson in 'business'/life ?ethics? for all of you/yOUR kids who ARE watching what's going on? tell 'em robbIE?
still waiting for 'stuff that (really) matters' to be presented?
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As we have seen from the rapid rise in carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injuries, etc., as a result of the increase in computer (and perhaps video game) use, overuse/misuse of the arms/wrists/hands can have major negative effects on people - I wonder if devices like this will just make matters that much worse by requiring even more rapid and jerky movements. On the other hand, is it possible that the range of motion will actually be an improvement over typing and other current methods of interaction?
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So, when will we see the first Virus for that device, which will shake it for you? ;)
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There is a button on the side you hold when you want to scroll, so it won't scroll when you don't want it to. Also, it automatically goes to landscape when you turn the handset sideways. The "Haptic" feedback seems interesting, too, but I bet it's a real battery hog.
Seriously, if they can make these things usable I'd be most, most happy:
I've now had 2 or 3 relatively expensive mobiles and every single one has at some stage or other had problems with the keypad - it's gutting to have a nice swanky phone but still take 5 minutes to do the most simple tasks.
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That "motion control" feature seems quite cool (i RTFA'd)... I can see a lot of games that could make use of this feature.
:( ), myOrigo could have a point there (licence technology to Nokia nGage?)
;)
First example that comes to mind: these little car racing games you find on lots of mobile phones now (or on the GBA, colinMc Rae Rally & such...). One could use the phone itself as a car wheel, tilt it left to turn left, tilt it right to turn right, pull it towards you to brake, push it away from you to accelerate... (Would be cool for flight sims too)
The phone could even "counter-rotate" the image to compensate for the tilting: picture still upright even when you've tilted the device 90 degrees to make a turn. (I'm not sure if I'm being clear enough on this point)
You could also make a simulation of these wood & plastic games, where you had to navigate a metallic ball through a maze, by just tilting the device...
Since games are apparently becoming the next big thing for mobile phones (that, and polyphonic ringtones
Remember in 5 years, when myorigo will have outplaced Nintendo & Sony thanks to these features: you heard it here first!
Hello! I'm a disaster waiting to happen!
Of course, to access your speed dial you just use the "special code" - Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right.
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The technology itself isn't new - I'm just surprised it took this long for someone to integrate it in this manner. A Kirby Pinball game on the GBA put this to practical use, having the motion of the GBA - or rather the motion of a sensor in the cart - determine how Kirby rolled around. Cue Super Monkey Ball 3 on the Origo..
i can't read the article, so i'll make fun of it... how the hell does one "play in detail"? HALLO?? SPEAKIE ENGRISH PPLZ!? nyah...
Greate so now instead of your voicemail filling up with inaudible bus/train converations, from someone sitting on their phone, you'll get it filling up with some funky inuadible dance tracks from the nightclub.
This will add a whole new dimension to "phone sex".
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START
If not, I don't care
So...if you shake it more than three times, does that mean you're playing with it?
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Just happened to notice on mobileburn's site that the pictures of this SmartPhone were taken by:
"Snapshot by Siddharth Raja on Friday November 28, 2003."
Now Siddharth Raja is an Indian. They are everywhere now !!
"- praying?"
"- No, web browsing"
And those voices inside your head .... guess what, thats us too ... mwah mwah mwah ....
Ok it looks really cool but I want to know the important stuff like what OS does it run on? If it's WinCE then it's garbage. Anything else, I'm interested.
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My cell phone is already motion controlled; I move my fingers in a way so as to poke the protruding buttons on it, which triggers input.
Also, I can throw my phone at the wall when I'm getting bad reception. I've been told that this does not improve functionality of the phone, but it sure makes me feel better.
I can see it now in the headlines "New dance craze sweeps across the nation" To the tune of do the Hustle.
"Do the Mobile"
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Anyway, it didn't catch on much. They weren't amazingly overpriced monitors, or maybe I just didn't pay for mine and didn't notice. What was the objection?
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i think you posted in the wrong topic :P
If the device could detect faster than walk movement and activate NA/busy mode.
This would probably prevent some traffic accidents, not shure if anyone who normally talk and drive would buy one.
I used this device 3 weeks ago at a mobile conference in Paris. The chief sales guy from the Tao Group who supply the Intent OS with the device (probably the best OS in the world right now) gave me a long demo.
It is uncannily realistic when you play a motion-control game - it is extremely responsive, almost indistinguishable from reality, largely due to Tao's Intent OS having by far the fastest J2ME virtual machine available.
Using it to browse the web, tilting the display to pan and scroll is also a cool and intuitive thing, and adds an extra dimension to one's interation with the device. The only drawback is it is, as people say, a slightly chunky device. If it was the size of the upcoming Sendo X smartphone I'd be interested, but as a proof of concept of both Tao's OS and JVM and of motion control it is an excellent demonstration.
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Pie menus are a naturally efficient way to operate a tilt-sensitive user interface. Scrolling up and down through one-dimensional linear menus with a device that can tilt in any directions is a waste of the device's potential.
Here's a cool research paper from Sony's Computer Science Labs, about "tilting pie menus". I love it! I can't wait till all cell phones can sense tilt. Tilt control rocks!
Tilting Operations for Small Screen Computers
By Jun Rekimoto, Sony Computer Science Laboratory, Inc.
More details: Tilting Operations for Small Screen Interfaces (Tech Note)
HTML version from Google
-Don
Take a look and feel free: http://www.PieMenu.com