{"id":7246,"date":"2012-05-26T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=7246"},"modified":"2012-05-26T12:25:09","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T20:25:09","slug":"tether-your-digital-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/tether-your-digital-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"T(ether) your digital collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is a cool project I came across from MIT’s Media Lab. T(ether)<\/a> is an experimental app that combines gestural interfaces, computer vision, and collaboration into an experience straight our of a sci-fi movie.<\/p>\n

Creators Matthew Blackshaw, D\u00e1vid Lakatos, Hiroshi Ishii, and Ken Perlin call T(ether) “a tool for spatial expression” that “acts as a window affording users a perspective view of three-dimensional data through tracking of head position and orientation.”<\/p>\n

So what this means is you can use the iPad to view a shared virtual space where you can manipulate objects with the other hand using a special glove. You can draw 3D shapes, rotate, pinch, zoom, and examine them in a multi-user environment.\u00a0Two people looking through their iPads at a grid of virtual cubes can both reach in independently and manipulate them at the same time.<\/p>\n