I thought i'd cover some of the new developments he shared with us, Johnny focused on new interfaces, pointing out that although many technologies have moved on we've actually been using the keyboard, mouse and monitor for quite some time now.
There are many developments happening using projectors rather than a fixed monitor. At the following YouTube video you can see a demo from Johnny regarding foldable displays - absolutely fantatsic. Note how fast the calibration is with regard to the projector knowing where the object is due to the wiimote. The scrollable screen is particularly awesome, but I can't figure out how the projector knows how much of the display is unscrolled - if anyone else can figure this out let me know!!
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The orientation sensitivity part of that video is also incredible, the projector knows which side of the screen to display allowing double sided images - how!?!?
Johnny also talked about Haptics, whereby the sense of touch is recreated. He talked about a project he came across whereby he held an empty plastic box and when the switch was flicked it suddenly felt as if there was a metal ball inside the box which he could move around by moving his hand, pretty impressive if you really think about it. I've managed to find another one of Johnny's video's on YouTube where he is demonstrating a haptic pen. It's amazing to think that you can simulate all those different feelings of touch within one pen. Watching the testers using it in the second part of the video really shows how real it must feel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk-ExWeA03Y&feature=channel_page
Johnny also talked about Haptics, whereby the sense of touch is recreated. He talked about a project he came across whereby he held an empty plastic box and when the switch was flicked it suddenly felt as if there was a metal ball inside the box which he could move around by moving his hand, pretty impressive if you really think about it. I've managed to find another one of Johnny's video's on YouTube where he is demonstrating a haptic pen. It's amazing to think that you can simulate all those different feelings of touch within one pen. Watching the testers using it in the second part of the video really shows how real it must feel:
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So you can see how potentially the time has come for the monitor and mouse to move over in place of some new, more intuitive technology.
This next video has Johnny demonstrating 3D images. Stick with this one because as soon as you see the football stadium you realise the potential this has. It really is like looking through a window, with a feeling of depth and space that is very clever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw&feature=channel_page
Obviously the implications for games are also massive as Johnny points out.
Finally I came across this video of Project Natal, which Johnny is now working on, and, well it's just cool! The face recognition, voice recognition etc. The near future of games and home entertainment? I hope so!
This next video has Johnny demonstrating 3D images. Stick with this one because as soon as you see the football stadium you realise the potential this has. It really is like looking through a window, with a feeling of depth and space that is very clever:
http://
Obviously the implications for games are also massive as Johnny points out.
Finally I came across this video of Project Natal, which Johnny is now working on, and, well it's just cool! The face recognition, voice recognition etc. The near future of games and home entertainment? I hope so!
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Hi Emma,
Glad to hear you enjoyed our event & Johnny's fab presentation. Not surprisingly he's coming out as one of the conference's highest rated speakers :-)
See you soon I hope.
Herb
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