Comments on: Jeff Han & Multi-Touch @ TED 2007 http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/ miscellaneous badassery Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:21:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: aaronrutledge.com » Innovating interfaces through software http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/comment-page-1/#comment-874 aaronrutledge.com » Innovating interfaces through software Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:46:20 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/#comment-874 [...] While everyone swoons over Jeff Han’s multi-touch display and dreams about Apple’s new UI innovations, many people forget that it only takes a little bit of software innovation to turn a $30 webcam, into a new control device. I’ve been working on something similar for a few months now, and hope to have it wrapped up soon, but MS Research has a similar, but strikingly simple setup in the works. It uses a combination of hand-gesture recognition, and a downward facing webcam, to allow multiple point inputs as well as click tracking from your hands just hovering above your keyboard. Simple, elegant, and an extremely low barrier to entry. [...] [...] While everyone swoons over Jeff Han’s multi-touch display and dreams about Apple’s new UI innovations, many people forget that it only takes a little bit of software innovation to turn a $30 webcam, into a new control device. I’ve been working on something similar for a few months now, and hope to have it wrapped up soon, but MS Research has a similar, but strikingly simple setup in the works. It uses a combination of hand-gesture recognition, and a downward facing webcam, to allow multiple point inputs as well as click tracking from your hands just hovering above your keyboard. Simple, elegant, and an extremely low barrier to entry. [...]

]]> By: New Jeff Han Video - Multi Touch UI | The Last Minute Blog http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/comment-page-1/#comment-873 New Jeff Han Video - Multi Touch UI | The Last Minute Blog Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:09:29 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/#comment-873 [...] centripetalnotion] Date: Mar 19th, 2007 · Comments RSS · Tags: Other · Videos · Design · multi touch · ui · JeffHan · Perceptive Pixel [...] [...] centripetalnotion] Date: Mar 19th, 2007 · Comments RSS · Tags: Other · Videos · Design · multi touch · ui · JeffHan · Perceptive Pixel [...]

]]> By: electro^plankton http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/comment-page-1/#comment-872 electro^plankton Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:09:48 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/#comment-872 <strong>Jeff Han at TED2007...</strong> Okay the more I see this man demo his multi-touch interface and software, the more I believe he will go down in history as one of the most important people of the early 21st century. When you listen to...... Jeff Han at TED2007…

Okay the more I see this man demo his multi-touch interface and software, the more I believe he will go down in history as one of the most important people of the early 21st century. When you listen to……

]]> By: Jeff Han: Genius of the next century? « Questioning Reality http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Jeff Han: Genius of the next century? « Questioning Reality Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:37:52 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/#comment-871 [...] [via Centripetal Notion] [...] [...] [via Centripetal Notion] [...]

]]> By: AndrewE http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/comment-page-1/#comment-870 AndrewE Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:32:12 +0000 http://centripetalnotion.com/2007/03/19/01:11:32/#comment-870 That's impressive. I saw videos of some of the first multi touch systems in development a couple of years back, things have come along way since then. But one thing that strikes me is that the screens need to be so big that it's just not feasible for the average person. Plus which, I wonder what sort of computer that thing needs to power it? That’s impressive. I saw videos of some of the first multi touch systems in development a couple of years back, things have come along way since then. But one thing that strikes me is that the screens need to be so big that it’s just not feasible for the average person. Plus which, I wonder what sort of computer that thing needs to power it?

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