Do you have a sixth sense?
In our everyday lives, we are using our 5 senses to take in information in the world around us and to respond to it: touching, seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting. Have you ever thought about what could be the sixth sense, particularly when living in 21st century, in the age of information technologies, where everything is going online and mobile?
Well, what discovered the MIT students is something that can totally be described as turning internet into the sixth human sense. Besides using all your 5 senses, now you are always in need of having some information from the computer or from internet. How about having all that with you and feeling like Tom Cruise in Minority Report?
SixthSense is the latest invention from MIT folks, which gives you the opportunity to get on spot information about anything you want with just having a flat surface. SixthSense is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets you use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. By using a camera and a tiny projector mounted in a pendant like wearable device, SixthSense sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects we are interacting with. It projects information onto surfaces, walls, and physical objects around us, and lets you interact with the projected information through natural hand gestures, arm movements, or your interaction with the object itself. SixthSense attempts to free information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.
This was also presented on the TED conference, and you can watch how Pattie Maes of the labs Fluid Interfaces group presents it.
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25 comments
Comment by kalikot12 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
its possible but it …
its possible but it will be useless because earth will be all waters if people are all morons contributing to global warming
Comment by takebackblink on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
FUUUUUCKKKKK
FUUUUUCKKKKK
Comment by rohitphysio143 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
i like that , …
i like that , amazing…..
Comment by antukomik on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
they say in five …
they say in five years, it’ll be like a button size badge.
so jump around… now walls are for rental.
Comment by YaniZhao on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
fantastic idea! …
fantastic idea! Hope to see the product!
Comment by hmchethan on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
Good work with …
Good work with smart technology…
Comment by sduckett on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
I don’t believe …
I don’t believe that.
Oled glasses exist now. Projecting the images onto something is fun but nothing more than a novelty.
No one is going to wear a stupid lanyard around their neck.
What happens when you are walking or running? It doesn’t just hang there all nice. It flopps about.
Comment by sduckett on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
I don’t believe …
I don’t believe that.
Oled glasses exist now. Projecting the images onto something is fun but nothing more than a novelty.
No one is going to wear a stupid lanyard around their neck.
What happens when you are walking or running? It doesn’t just hang there all nice. It flopps about.
Comment by 960153 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
@sduckett
it’s …
@sduckett
it’s easier to say than to do
Comment by sduckett on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
why use a projector …
why use a projector.. so clumsy. use OLED glasses. the images then are projected in 3d space in front of you!.. much more useful
take augmented reality off a 2d space and experience it in 3d!!!!!
Comment by Yorimax on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
Es tan Gay
Es tan Gay
Comment by RckR12 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
holy crap!
holy crap!
Comment by danielsalazarmorales on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
technology is gay …
technology is gay this days
Comment by zimy101 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
this is BEAST!!
this is BEAST!!
Comment by pratikmailid on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
this is just out …
this is just out the the world
Comment by anirudhdragon on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
Comment by UDAAS4ever on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
really it’s an …
really it’s an amazing…
Comment by wingspantt on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
Holy shit, …
Holy shit, impressive. Best of luck to the team behind this.
Comment by fretsnbow on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
Amazing, hello …
Amazing, hello future!
Comment by hobohugger101 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
thats to advanced.
thats to advanced.
Comment by banvir99999 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
This technology can …
This technology can be used to help def peple talk aswell. A gesture can mean a word. Hes gonna be a billionaire and he is going to market his technology for free to get it out to the masses.
Comment by Zeppelin1618 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
Welcome to the …
Welcome to the future.
Comment by theshrey1 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
oh okay thanks, …
but that makes alot more sens… ty
oh okay thanks, that was my friend who wanted to know… i got curious as well, so i asked you… i though it knew the whole world
Comment by MrJokkker808 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
he is a genius!!!!!
he is a genius!!!!!
Comment by revolution1940 on February 16, 2010 at 8:42 am
are you kidding me …
are you kidding me right now? this is just ridiculous.