{"id":25252,"date":"2018-04-28T00:35:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T00:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/?p=314378"},"modified":"2018-05-06T18:10:26","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:10:26","slug":"round-up-three-radical-new-user-interfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoo.central12.com\/fugic\/2018\/04\/28\/round-up-three-radical-new-user-interfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"round-up | Three radical new user interfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Holodeck-style holograms could revolutionize videoconferencing<\/h4>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNHWPB0he2k?ecver=1\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A \u201ctruly holographic\u201d videoconferencing system has been developed by researchers at\u00a0Queen&#8217;s University in Kingston <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Montreal<\/span>. With <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hml.queensu.ca\/telehuman2\" >TeleHuman 2<\/a>, objects appear as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stereoscopy\" >stereoscopic<\/a> images, as if inside a pod (not a two-dimensional video projected on a flat piece of glass). Multiple users can walk around and view the objects from all sides simultaneously &#8212; as in Star Trek&#8217;s Holodeck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teleporting for distance meetings.<\/strong> TeleHuman 2 \u201cteleports\u201d people live &#8212; allowing for meetings at a distance. No headset or 3D glasses required.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers presented the system in an open-access <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/519d10a2e4b090350a2b66a0\/t\/5ad782ca6d2a73a1d499a2eb\/1524073163225\/TeleHuman+2.0+CHI+2018+CRC+Compressed.pdf\" >paper<\/a> at CHI 2018, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chi2018.acm.org\/\">ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems<\/a> in Montreal on April 25.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_314384\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 568px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center; float: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/three-radical-new-user-interfaces\/telehuman-2-system\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-314384\"><img class=\"wp-image-314384 \" title=\"Telehuman 2 system\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/Telehuman-2-system.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left) Remote capture room with stereo 2K cameras, multiple surround microphones, and displays. (Right) Telehuman 2 display and projector (credit: Human Media Lab)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Interactive smart wall acts as giant touch screen, senses electromagnetic activity in room<\/h4>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/175LB2OiMHs\" width=\"559\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and\u00a0Disney Research have devised a system called Wall++ for creating interactive \u201csmart walls\u201d that sense human touch, gestures, and signals from appliances.<\/p>\n<p>By using masking tape and nickel-based conductive paint, a user would create a pattern of capacitive-sensing electrodes on the wall of a room (or a building) and then paint it over. The electrodes would be connected to sensors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_314397\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 573px;  border: 1px solid #dddddd; background-color: #f3f3f3; padding-top: 4px; margin: 10px; text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/three-radical-new-user-interfaces\/wall\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-314397\"><img class=\" wp-image-314397\" title=\"Wall ++\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kurzweilai.net\/images\/Wall-++.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a><p style=' padding: 0 4px 5px; margin: 0;'  class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wall ++ (credit: Carnegie Mellon University)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Acting as a sort of huge tablet, touch-tracking or motion-sensing uses could include dimming or turning lights on\/off, controlling speaker volume, acting as smart thermostats, playing full-body video games, or creating a huge digital white board, for example.<\/p>\n<p>A passive electromagnetic sensing mode could also allow for detecting devices that are on or off (by noise signature). And a small, signal-emitting wristband could enable user localization and identification for collaborative gaming or teaching, for example.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also presented an open-access <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisharrison.net\/projects\/wallplusplus\/wallplusplus.pdf\" >paper<\/a> at CHI 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>A smart-watch screen on your skin<\/h4>\n<p><iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VJNMrulWJ3k\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>LumiWatch, another interactive interface out of Carnegie Mellon, projects a smart-watch touch screen onto your skin. It solves the tiny-interface bottleneck with smart watches &#8212; providing more than five times the interactive surface area for common touchscreen operations, such as tapping and swiping. It was also presented in an open-access <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisharrison.net\/projects\/lumiwatch\/lumiwatch.pdf\" >paper<\/a> at CHI 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holodeck-style holograms could revolutionize videoconferencing A &ldquo;truly holographic&rdquo; videoconferencing system has been developed by researchers at&nbsp;Queen&rsquo;s University in Kingston Montreal. With TeleHuman 2, objects appear as stereoscopic images, as if inside a pod (not a two-dimensional video projected on a flat piece of glass). 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