theprof00 said:
no, this uses a projector to do the tech. You would need a projector in every room at every angle to even start producing the kinds of effects you're talking about. It's just not feasible. You're really confusing what is happening in that demo for what you wish it did. It's not putting the file onto something else, it's projecting it onto something else. Did you see that projector they were using? That's a really really expensive set up. That's like, comemrcially priced equipment. You're talking tens of thousands, just for that one room, for SOME angles. However, what you're talking about is easily done with different methods. In Japan, cell phones transfer files and information using IR or bluetooth or some such technology. All you have to do is equip an iPad with that and similarly with the monitor. Boom, instant file transmission. No need to even swipe your hand. As far as the newspaper idea. There are already several foldable screen techs in the works. Pocket sized pads that fold out to standard paper size. It's a silly tech, at best, at worst, it's an already outdated piece of technology. Outdated in the sense that there are already cheap alternatives to doing the same thing, or capable of doing similar things. |
It's using the 3d kinect stuff for natural human/machine interaction. The stuff in kinect will be big not just for gaming - think smart homes with rooms that have voice command and identity sensing, or information kiosks with natural human/computer interaction, the kind of stuff grandmas who don't understand computers can use.
It takes some second order thinking to envision the possibilities, and the people at MS research come from the right side of the IQ curve. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's worthless.