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Minority Report UI For The Military
merryprankster writes "New Scientist is reporting that a 'Minority Report'
style interface is being developed by defense company Raytheon. Users don a
pair of reflective gloves and manipulate images projected on a panoramic
screen. A mounted camera keeps track of hand movements and a computer
interprets gestures. Raytheon has even
employed John Underkoffler, the researcher who
proposed the interface to the makers of the film. Now just wait till Billboards start scanning your iris."
i wonder what viewing porn will be like with these new gloves.
When will it carve wooden balls?
I thought it was going to be an interface consisting of three psychic kids in tanks making all your decisions before you. That would be much more useful.
I am way too clumsy to be trusted with one of these things. I have visions of my self slipping and dragging everything where it is not supposed to be dragged. Or something. Maybe I just fear change.
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A buddy of mine used to defend Windows Solitaire while in the Navy by claiming it was a clever interface training aid. That worked on every senior officer who complained about "playing games."
What "training aid" will ship with these gloves? Virtual handball?
Ooohhh...VirtualBoy on steroids!!
.. where to copy a file from one side of the room to the other, they essentially use a ***giant floppy disk***? Sure, it was a cool floppy disk, with live action video playing on it, but still... its a floppy disk.
You'd have thunk that by the time they had perfected 3D holography and VR manipulation, they could at least have kept up with some high-capacity networking. I guess not - floppys are the future!
Tomorrow's news today: Microsoft invites bloggers with high readership to dinner. Shows them previews of Minority Report style interface. Bloggers write gushing reports about it.
Good. Now that they have that resolved, they can focus on the really important tech: "Sick Sticks".
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Then you better try the Apple solution: it will only come with one glove.
I get so lazy sometimes, that instead of leaning all the way up to the keyboard, I copy and paste letters to spell out words with the mouse, and you want me to USE MY ARMS!?!?!!?!!?
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I'll need to down a bottle of water just to get my computer out of sleep mode.
Gestures are a gateway interface
It's all wonderfully productive until some bozo offers to shake your hand while you're busy working, and you brush all your work off the screen.
I wonder what congressional district the defense company is located in?
Raytheon has facilities in almost every state. They merged with Hughes a while back, and manufacture a wide variety of defense equipment, especially in the aerospace sector.
And where in the field will this be used?
The article says, in the field of satellite reconnaissance imagery. It'd be like using a mouse, except you can move more than one screen object at once with the fluidity of every day hand motions. Far more efficient.
Am I the only one who gets scared when I imagine what a room in the pentagon might look like, with Generals wearing special glasses, and moving projected data off walls?
Probably. Most men are made of sterner stuff.
the Apple solution: it will only come with one glove.
Correction: a mitten.
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After reading this, Mr. Cranky's review of Minority Report stands out in my mind. "After the balls roll out of the ramp, Anderton stands in front of a huge screen with his hands up in the air and attempts to masturbate imaginary pigeons. (Okay, I get what he's doing, but the idea that operating a computer 52 years from now will be something akin to air Kung Fu seems excessively stupid.)" ^^^^^ What he said.
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The one that gives you a blowjob while you code?
Specially if you sneeze in the most inappropriate moment.
Pretty dangerous if you pick your nose or scratch your crotch, though, don't you think?
So it's an interface for third base coaches?
Can you be Even More Awesome?!
A Beowolf cluster of spider monkeys using these 21st century PowerGloves could do a better job then Bush.
Well, at least with the Apple version you can surf porn without, well, you know, ruining your input device.
You forgot the "other" gesture for when it crashes...
I'm only paranoid because everyone is against me...