March 28, 2012
Minority Report IRL: Microsoft Creates A Transparent 3D Gesture Controlled Computer Thingy
Shown above is a new technology developed by Microsoft in which you put your hands behind a transparent display where they can either type on a traditional keyboard or they can interact with a 3D display. It's definitely a creative new step towards interactive computing. Contributing developer, Jinha Lee, said...
Computer scientist Ivan Sutherland once called a computer display "a looking glass into a mathematical wonderland." and I have always aspired to walk in this wonderland to interact with those abstract beings...
Although it seems pretty cool, I'd consider it more novelty than anything else. It's basically a computer, 3D display, and Microsoft Kinetic duct taped into a nice package; and I only see one of those things as useful. Regardless, if it's anything like the Microsoft Surface, don't expect it to come to fruition anytime soon. What do you think this is? Apple? *Pfft*
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See-through 3D computer with gesture controls gives us a glimpse of the future [BGR]