When I get a bit more time, I'll follow with my comments related to Catalina's column-- I'm a school psychologist and HCI techie, so this one of my interests!
The Reactable featured in the above video is used for DJ-ing in clubs. The one I've played with is at the science museum in my area - I love it. It is fun to improvise on the Reactable with another person. For more information, see my previous blog posts featuring the Reactable.
AUGMENTED REALITY While listening to CNBC on my satellite radio on the way home today, I heard that investing in Qualcomm might be a good idea. I wonder if this means that Wall Street analysts think that AR will become mainstream soon...
The video below shows a variety of creative AR game applications:
Qualcomm has an AR SDK that comes with tutorials, samples, an API reference, and developer forums. The SDK can be downloaded from the Qualcomm AR web-page.
The video provides a recap of the iPad and highlights how it can be used in education, for students with special needs, in aviation, in doctor's offices, in the board room, in an art studio, in the kitchen - just about anywhere.
I wonder how an iPad could transform the work of a school psychologist! I have a plenty of ideas, now that the iPad2 is out. How can it help with RTI? Progress monitoring? Digital social stories? Social skills activities? Counseling? Behavior intervention? Transition planning? Assessment? Communication? Productivity? IEP collaboration and development?
Wouldn't it be nice if there were a few iPad apps that could effectively support the work of school psychologists and those who work in similar fields?
So much of what we use in our productivity work as school psychologists was built upon applications first developed in the mid-to-late 1990's, at best. There must be more efficient and effective solutions out there. What can be done to move us forward?
Psychological and educational test publishers, can you hear me now?
This is one of my favorite interactive window display projects:
Interactive Window Concept made for the module Advanced Interface Design at Hyper Island hosted by North Kingdom. Shot with a RED ONE camera at 120fps - Viralmente
"Some of the interactive shopping windows conceived & deployed by Vanksen (www.vanksen.com) for Chanel Coco-mademoiselle perfume relaunch."
\ LM3Labs' Ubiq'window
Frog Design was behind TouchTunes Interactive's latest creation, a touch-screen jukebox that can interact with a mobile app. The app lets you know where the jukeboxes are located in your area. You can also find this information on the myTouchTunes website. In my area, there is a TouchTune jukebox at 27 or so locations. Some are myTouchTunes enabled. There's a TouchTune jukebox at an eatery within walking distance from my mom- maybe I can surprise her for a musical lunch tomorrow and check it out!
"Welcome to the future of in-venue interactive entertainment. The Virtuo SmartJuke commands attention,
becoming a focal point of social interaction and a conversation piece among users. With superior design
and a modern, intuitive user interface, Virtuo opens new opportunities for both today and tomorrow"
The video below features an interactive window created by the Marcel agency for a Repetto store in France. The display allows passers-by the ability to interact with the content in the display through arm gestures via motion sensors.
