WOW

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Melissa Worden

I thought using the Wii for multimedia was cool. But that ain’t nuthin’ compared to this touchscreen from Jefferson Han.

Wowzers.

“Minority Report” is predicting the future — personalized billboards (check), e-papers (check), and computer screens at your fingertips (check).

Not only is it an interactive experience for the user, but it also looks like it could be quite interactive for the designer, too. I’m intrigued by how they use the screen to sculpt and draw. Are we coming full circle? Hand drawing moves to computer drawing moves to hand drawing on the computer screen.

And watching the guys use the screen — which seems to become a 3D experience as they no longer have to navigate through Web pages as we see them now — it makes me think this would make non-linear storytelling even easier.

Love it!

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One Response to “WOW”

Patrick Beeson on February 5th, 2007 9:40 am

I believe the latest issue of Wired Magazine has a story on this technology (I couldn’t find the link).

This technology also plays nicely into the concept of “everyware.” You should definitely check out the book of the same name (I’m reading this now).

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