Archive for January, 2008
We recently subscribed to the TED videos through iTunes and have been watching them while heading into work. If you’re not familar with this conference or the video clips that have resulted from it, you should check it out. We found this one of Malcolm Gladwell particularly interesting. And speaking of Malcolm Gladwell, we came across an interesting article in Fast Company about a guy over at Yahoo who is questioning the idea that trends are primarily started by a small number of influential people. It’s a good read if you’re into that sort of thing.
January 23rd, 2008
You will need your speakers turned on for this video to make any sense at all. This is a cool tangible software interaction demo based on Reactable. Here’s another example that enables physical molecular modeling by arranging peices of paper on glass. This is similar to Surface in concept because it uses image recognition and a webcam as input, although different in technique (not quite as advanced). The software is open-source and available to all.
Watch video »
January 23rd, 2008
A lot of times we look towards well-known existing products and brands for inspiration in UI visuals. This is good, however, it essentially means that trend-wise, our visuals will be about 2-3 years “outdated” by the time it gets shipped. Some of us are huge car buffs, so one thing they’ve done in the past is to look towards future design work that’s going on, and some of the most visceral and inspiring stuff is around concept cars - all the future shapes, materials, colors, and more. A great site is cardesignnews.com which is constantly updated with concept cars, prototypes, and even some really far-out student work from across the globe. Also, check Core77 for some cool professional and student work.
January 23rd, 2008
Here’s another demo along the lines of Johnny Chung Lee’s work with the Wiimote, using WPF. This similar to Surface in application, but more like the Minority Report gloves interaction. Their idea of combining a “stronger 3-finger pinch” to the gesture interaction is interesting. No source code is provided, though.
Watch the video on YouTube »
January 22nd, 2008
Low-Cost Multi-point Interactive Whiteboards Using the Wiimote:
View Project and Video » (via engadget)
January 10th, 2008
