Visions from the Future

Inspiration college14 April 2008

Agenda

• Introduction: some definitions• Robbert Ritmeester• Justus Sturkenboom• Charlie Mulholland• Conclusion: some tips

Nota Bene

• I will use the word “computer” here to refer to any device that has computing power embedded in it– This could refer to your laptop– But also a mobile phone, a car, games console,

PDA, fridge, etc.

Recognition

• We recognize all sorts of things all the time– Faces, the way people walk, emotions, words (spoken,

signed and written), symbols, places, etc., etc.

• Computers find this very difficult• Recognition for this project refers to technologies

that allow computers to recognize things– Do not under-estimate what an achievement it is to get a

computer to do even the simplest recognition tasks

Location

• Location for this project means the ability of a computer to know its (and often as a result your) position in space

• This is made possible by technologies such as:– GPS, Wi-Fi, RFID, UMTS

Interface

• Here we are interested in changes the way we interact with our computers

• Interface has two elements:– The interface itselfAND– The control / input mechanism (I/O devices)

• Both of these are changing• Hardware for display

– Wii, Microsoft Surface, iPhone, ePaper, etc.

• I/O devices– Wii mote, multi-touch, voice, gesture, etc.

Augmented reality

• Augmented Reality (AR) is not Virtual Reality• AR uses the real-world and adds computer

generated information to it (it augments the real-world)

• This can be done via– Mobile phones, Head Mounted Displays, Heads

Up Displays, projection– Often combined with location technologies

Omnipresent screens

• Simply put screens are everywhere already and are becoming cheaper and more flexible (perhaps literally)– Many have a computer imbedded

• Screens can display our interfaces• What are the possibilities of this trend?

Inspiration

Kismet: emotion recognition

More emotion recognition

Augmented reality

Augmented reality:BMW car service

Augmented reality:Hand mobile