Using software made with the openFrameworks library by YesYesNo, four creative agencies and the public have collaborated to display several colorful and amazing scenes on the facade of the Auckland’s Ferry Building. Named as ‘Night Lights’, the project was created for the re-branding of Telecom New Zealand. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Like most conventional lamps, the Airswitch1 here is still controlled by your hands, but in a totally different way. It could sense your hands, changing its light intensity when you raise your hand vertically and switching on/off if you move your hand horizontally above the lamp. Cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]
If you think only certain instruments like the guitars and pianos could clearly show us how music is played, then let me correct you because the Noteput Music Table can perform that task as well as the instruments, or even better. It is an interactive musical device, allowing you to see, to hear and to feel the music simultaneously. The musical table employs the camera-based marker tracking, which could identify each note and their positions. So music (or sound) would then be created and heard as you place the musical notes onto the table. The notes could be played by using the sound of different instruments.
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Do you need a notepad to write down your thoughts and messages, or to communicate with your friends when you’re enjoying the coffee? Here’s one that could not only record your mindless thoughts but convey them to others in quite an interesting way. And the product we’re to argue is the ‘Communicative Coffee Table’ by Di Wu. The table features eight slide boards for adorning the table and a chalkboard for you to write on. One of the slide boards also conceals a duster to clean the chalkboard. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Human Media Lab at Queen’s University in Ontario has developed these interactive OLED gaming tiles, which are surely to challenge current toys on the market. By connecting different tiles to each other, you can easily change the gaming background and participant members. And for extra fun, you can flip the tiles to create some unique effects: for example, when you flip the tile full with water to another tile, the water will flow into that tile, just as you can see from the picture on the right side. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Based on the Holographic Laser Projection technology, Light Touch is an interactive projector that can create bright images on flat surfaces like the wall, the table and therefore allow the users to enjoy movies or play the game all the time. And the device takes the very name from that act. But why could the user interact with the machine? That largely attributes to the built-in infrared sensors, which can detect the users’ motion and change the projected image into a virtual touch screen. [Read the rest of this entry...]
Jefry Tedjokusumo, Steven ZhiYing Zhou and Stefan Winkler, three students from the National University of Singapore, have recently worked together on an innovative gaming system. Designed for an FPS game called Death Match, the new system would change the game a lot, as the players no longer need either keyboard or mouse. Instead, the player is asked to be in a large room installed with sensors, due to which the players are allowed to interact with the virtual game via certain movements in real time. [Read the rest of this entry...]
These clothes are so ordinary. But, the thing the new product is about is the interface on the front, which allows two guys to have some interactive gaming fun. It also comes with an accelerometer at the back, providing you certain control during the game. How to play? Well, actually, what you have to do is to keep rocking back and forth to have the game paddle move.
31 girls are apologizing on the web…That’s not a shocking piece of news but a new service provided by an interactive website ‘Ayamari Bijin’. You can find out the girls’ blood types, choose one, and ‘hire’ her to apologize to your friends, your boss or any other people. But do we really need such a service? As in my mind, nothing is better to comfort others than your personal actions. Nevertheless, that’s still a perfect idea! [Read the rest of this entry...]
Firstly adopted by Tom Caudell in the early 1990s, ‘augmented reality’ has finally reached the December edition of men’s magazine Esquire. After experimenting with things like origami (May edition) and e-ink (October 2008 edition), this time, Esquire will invite the readers to interact with the magazine via a PC. A C++ application is needed to recognize a black and white patterned marker on the printed page and then translate it into a video sequence enhanced by 3D animation on the computer screen. For more details, you’ll have to check them out for yourself.
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Made up of only multi-colored blocks, the interactive Hi-Fi system doubles a speaker and a player. Easily controlled by moving hands on its surface, the interactive interface also impresses the users with a soft touch.
Interactive projector is not so weird these days. It can help you pick up some virtual object from the whiteboard, but I bet your interactive projector cannot distinguish your finger, palm or even fist. This new intelligent whiteboard from SmartTech comes with this kind of capability. Actually, you can write with a pen and move objects with fingers then erase it with your palm. Wow, it’s magic hah? Previously, interactive projector itself is magic too.
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Unlike conventional mirrors, this one comes with interactive features and so you can get many extra functions beyond merely get your own image from it.
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Street light will make you city more beautiful but not everyone is innovative. Interactive projector can be a good alternative. Certainly, it is merely a decoration rather than a functional product.
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Multi-touch screen has been one of the most popular interactive products, iPhone is an example. And the technology we introduced today is an combination of the interactive technology and hologram. Minority gets real.
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