Oblong's g-speak Brings "Minority Report" Interface To Life 221
tracheopterix writes "Oblong Industries, a startup based in LA has unveiled g-speak, an operational version of the notable interface from Minority Report. One of Oblong's founders served as science and technology adviser for the film; the interface was an extension of his doctoral work at the MIT Media Lab. Oblong calls g-speak a 'spatial operating environment' and adds that 'the SOE's combination of gestural i/o, recombinant networking, and real-world pixels brings the first major step in computer interface since 1984.'" The video shown on Oblong's front page is an impressive demo.
Nice (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not impressive at all (Score:5, Funny)
cheapscates (Score:3, Funny)
you mean to say, a startup centering around hi tech advances in visual interfaces.... can't afford to host their own demo? They have to go to the upscale HD version for YouTube to host the content?
Common. Get a real hosting account and a guy that knows how to embed JW to play your flash video.
Modern UI, I'm all for it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Call me a luddite but I'll stick with 2D interf (Score:3, Funny)
Not everyone thought the mouse was a good input at first. This type of UI may have speed advantages as well as visualization advantages we may not completely see yet. CAD comes to mind here. But I suppose ASCII art CAD is enough for some people :)
Show me speed advantages (without significant disadvantages in other areas) and I'll be pleased to accept change. In the meantime my office is enough of a nightmare without people gesticulating and yelling at their computers like Italian villagers.
I think speed advantages in CAD are more likely to come from more intuitive tools in the software. Right now doing anything in a CAD/CAM package or 3D Modeller requires specialized training. Whereas I could teach someone to edit (ie. touch up) a photo, or teach them to to use a word processor for something basic.in minutes.
Re:Not impressive at all (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not a programmer, are you? (Score:5, Funny)
I can't imagine a less efficient way to get any actual work done
tried Vista?
Re:Not impressive at all (Score:5, Funny)
And while your 'free' hand is busy, what the hell is the image going to be doing?
Re:Not a programmer, are you? (Score:4, Funny)
What are the power requirements? (Score:3, Funny)
Given that the new paradigm is "Reduce, reuse, recycle", how does a multiscreen, multi-projector, multi-everything system reduce my carbon footprint?
No, really, I'm curious.