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Demo of Laptop/Tabletop Hybrid UI

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the computer-is-watching dept.

TheGrapeApe writes "The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (ACMUIST) has an interesting proof-of-concept video up demonstrating the use of cameras and laser pico-projectors to 'extend' a laptop's user interface to adjacent surfaces. The video demonstrates some simple gestures like tapping and dragging being captured on the 'extended' surface. While the prototype appears to be somewhat cumbersome, it's easy to see how it might be more elegantly integrated into the hardware with more R&D."

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  1. I'm putting that on my bed... by dotancohen · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...and looking for POV on XXNX.com

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  2. Wouldnt do me any good... by HopefulIntern · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Who has a desk as clean as that?

  3. Ergonomics by wbackner · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I wonder how all of these virtual interfaces work ergonomically. I could see how it would be really good because you could individually adjust components. However, I could also see how there could be complications from only working with hard surfaces and having no physical interface to support your hands.

  4. Not every presentation was made for YOU. by Fantastic+Lad · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That was the worst video demo I've seen in recent memory. None of the purported applications were interesting at all.

    This was a bunch of students working on a sponsored project and presenting a video of their finished experiment to judges at a conference. The video was probably not even a primary concern, since judges would probably be seeing a live demo. You're living far too pampered a life if you think every product presentation is made with you and your personal needs in mind. Your reaction is an example of corporations ballooning people's sense of entitlement and self-importance to extravagant proportions.

    The idea behind experiments like this one is not to immediately produce a salable item or any direct profit, but rather to encourage an environment where new kinds of thinking can emerge which might otherwise not, and thus present us with possibilities not envisioned prior. Another word for this is, "Play".

    I strongly recommend you look into it.

    -FL

  5. Re:cool, but why do they have a wimp selling it? by bigredradio · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Dude, it's a POC! It only needs to be good enough to see the possibilities. Besides, it was done by engineers at a University. Were you expecting a "Steve Jobs" amazing world changing demo?

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