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Minority Report UI For The Military

Posted by Zonk on from the at-least-some-good-will-come-from-that-movie dept.

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."

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  1. Wow - this technology is so new.... by tonsofpcs · · Score: 4, Informative

    It has been being done for years by the film and video industry, albeit mainly not in realtime, but such places as the Liberty Science Center had interactive games that used contrasting colors to determine what the player was doing [they had basketball for sometime where you wore either a chroma-blue or chroma-green glove]

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  2. More than a defence contractor by 9mm+Censor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Raytheon is more than a defence contractor. They make alot of commercial electronics, including alot of marine equipment such as radar and radios.

  3. for the curious by same_old_story · · Score: 3, Informative

    John Underkoffler came from MIT's tangible media group

  4. Re:Yes, but by LionKimbro · · Score: 2, Informative

    When it get's attached to this.

  5. Re:Where do the $5,000 toilet seats go? by bcmm · · Score: 2, Informative

    So why not use a big touchscreen? I've used on of those, it has a projector, and you can click, double-click, drag, everything except right-click really easiely by just touching it.

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