Play that funky music waving boy Just came across the V Motion Project by Assembly which is a pretty cool use of the Kinect for creating music. Check out this music video with some dubstepping-hand-waving-DJing shot on the streets of Auckland,NZ. “This project combines the collective talents of musicians, dancers, programmers, designers and animators to create an amazing visual instrument. Creating… Read More
Build the home of your dreams hands free When out in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley tech scene it is not the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) industry I hear about leading the charge in technical innovation. It is the chatter of the millions given and insane evaluations of those either in the cloud, selling user data, social, gaming, or insert buzz word here. Yet… Read More
A potential Android equivalent to Siri called Robin. And you can get it now, but it only useful for driving My Android is stuffed away right now, so I had to test on my tablet, but all and all, its seems to work, MOSTLY as seen in the video. I did have a few issues with Robin understanding me, but 80% of the time, it worked pretty well. Check the video at the end. Everything… Read More
Clang!! Very cool kickstarter video for a proper sword playing game with a Gabe Newell cameo no less First off, the idea. If you have ever played any sword playing game you know it pretty much sucks. Triggers for a sword? Really? I was hoping that the Wii or perhaps the xBox would make this better. But not. So the guys at the Subutai Corporation decided to do something about this by creating a… Read More
Qumarion mannequin input device for intuitive 3D manipulation and manga, anime creation. Here is one for manga artists, anime and character animators, a posable mannequin input device for intuitive 3D manipulation called Qumarion. The model uses 32 sensors across 16 body joints to translate the statue’s pose to the computer screen simply by bending limbs, and a 120 frames per second sample rate over USB means that poses are mirrored… Read More
T(ether) your digital collaboration This is a cool project I came across from MIT’s Media Lab. T(ether) is an experimental app that combines gestural interfaces, computer vision, and collaboration into an experience straight our of a sci-fi movie. Creators Matthew Blackshaw, Dávid Lakatos, Hiroshi Ishii, and Ken Perlin call T(ether) “a tool for spatial expression” that “acts as a… Read More
Leap Motion – evolving hands free interface I just got a personal demo of Leap Motion’s new hands free controller. Leap Motion (formally Ocuspec), is a San Francisco based motion-control software company that is changing how people interact with their computers by using motion sensors and 3D technology for a full-body experience. To date, the company has raised over $14.55 million from… Read More