One of the most promising R&D we’re working on at Zero Creative is our “Gesture Control” technology. Since we’ve introduced our lenticular glasses free 3D Display we’re very sure that these new forms of media also need newer forms of interaction between viewer and system. In my opinion this new form is human gesture control interactivity, or “computer vision” as some might call it.
Meanwhile we have our first projects running, an ancient Greek Amfora, which was reconstructed in 3D together with Visual Dimension. Below you’ll see one of my partners, Michel de Klein, controlling this Amfora in real 3D on our xyZ 3D Display:
Now this IS some promising technology! Every single person that I demonstrated this is VERY impressed. Please understand that the real out-of-the-display 3D effect isn’t noted on this picture, because you can only see it if you’re really looking at our display with both your left+right eye. (See www.zerocreative.com/xyz )
Meanwhile, a few days ago, Microsoft announced that it will include this stuff in their Xbox in the future. This announcement emphasizes that human body controllable interaction IS going to be hot soon: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1190240/You-controller-Microsoft-unveils-Xbox-360-device-banishes-joypad-puts-player-IN-game.html
While Microsoft can’t show this to you in person, I do can, if you visit our office I’ll show you this technology, even in combination with a 3D Display, making it even more exciting.
More about this and related tech: http://en.zerocreative.com/3dzignage
Fur Dutch people, check: http://www.popai.nl/nieuws/2009/06/04/gaat-microsofts-project-natal-de-instore-ervaring-veranderen/
Other interesting posts:
http://www.digitalsignage.com/blog/2009/06/10/a-little-vid-on-project-natal/
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