The Gestural Interface computer Tom Cruise used in the movie Minority Report is on its way to a conference room near you. Be the first in your company to make a dramatic, arm-swooping presentation, with information flying around the office wall!
The gesture-activated interface used in that film was developed by John Underkoffler, president of Oblong Industries, who has unveiled the “g-speak Spatial Operating Environment” a new computer platform. By wearing a special glove or finger camera, the user can interact with the room’s computers and screens, and even collaborate with other gloved users to manipulate objects in space.
The gesture interface technology is the most significant advance in computer interfaces since the 1980s and is about to seen in a variety of new game consoles, televisions and computers be offered by Microsoft, Hitachi and PC makers.
A demonstration video is posted on the Oblong site. Get ready!
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