Axiotron's Mac Modbook

Axiotron's Tablet Mac



$$$$. If it was multi-touch, I'd buy it.

Multimedia Business Cards, Face Tracker from LM3LABS

Multimedia augmented business cards offered by Lm3Labs. When a corporate logo on the business card is viewed by a customer's webcam, multimedia events are triggered:

Augmented Business Card from Nicolas Loeillot on Vimeo.

"Catchyoo Face Tracker tracks faces of passing people for creating eye-catching interactivity with digital content. Faces become pointers which trigger events and follow people".

This window looks like it would be fun to play with!

LM3LABS English
LM3LABS JP

xXtraLab's Multi-touch Projects

xXtraLab is an interaction design firm located in Taiwan. The xxtralab team has been working on some interesting multi-touch projects. Take a look!

Multi-touch wall for briefing and real-time info sharing
Multisensory iTea-table

LIVING 3.0 - multi-sensory i-TeaTable and briefWall from xxtralab on Vimeo.

NIKE 6453 TPE Multi-touch Table

NIKE 6453 Interactive Table from xxtralab on Vimeo.

"xXtraLab Design Co. is one of the leading multimedia company in Taiwan, focusing on the design & engineering of HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) interfaces in museum, exposition, and showrooms (client lists here). Members of xXtraLab come from diversifying fields such as visual design, digital media, architecture, interior design, information engineering, design computing, industrial design, and fine art. we respect different cultural views and work as a multi-disciplinary team to offer inclusive design services."

Kodu: A visual programming language made for children to create games, running on the Xbox, using a game controller for input.

"The core of the Kodu project is the programming user interface. The language is simple and entirely icon-based. Programs are composed of pages, which are broken down into rules, which are further divided into conditions and actions. Conditions are evaluated simultaneously.

The Kodu language is designed specifically for game development and provides specialized primitives derived from gaming scenarios. Programs are expressed in physical terms, using concepts like vision, hearing, and time to control character behavior. While not as general-purpose as classical programming languages, Kodu can express advanced game design concepts in a simple, direct, and intuitive manner." -Microsoft

Video from MSR Techfest (low quality, but provides an example of Kodu in action)

Interview about Kodu (link to video)

Kodu Blog

Article: New program allows everyone to program videogames (USA Today 1/7/09)

The Kodu Technology Club at Explorer Elementary School

Screenshots from the Kodu website:

Update from the Microsoft Research UK's Innovation Day 2009 -SecondLight, Collaborative Slate, and More!

Demonstration of SecondLight, Microsoft's plans for the next-gen Surface:

More from the Microsoft Research UK website:

Family Archive (links to video)


Links to videos can be found on the Enabling Innovation Through Research2009 website

For your convenience, you can link to the videos from here:

Keynote

Andrew Herbert

Digital Lifestyle

HomeBook
HomeWatcher
Kitchen Postcard
SecondLight
TimeCard
Wayve
Family Archive

Converging Sciences

Doing Real Computer Mathematics
Modelling & Simulating Biochemical Systems

Education

NodeXL

Environment

Somniloquy
Understanding and
Simulating Forests

Gaming

Computer Go
Core Tools for Augmented Reality
TrueSkill in Halo 3

Health

Programming the
Immune System
SenseCam

Parrallel Programming

Using Transactional Memory in Practice

Security
Cryptographic
Verification Kit
SybilInfer

Systems & Networking
Everest

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Microsoft Research Fast Facts

MeeTTable: Kevin O'Mahoney's Multi-Touch Meeting Table Project

Kevin O' Mahoney is a multimedia developer who is working on his Masters in Media Design at Cork University in Ireland. The MeeTTable, pictured above, supports collaboration among 2 or more people who are developing 3D design projects. (Kevin is a member of the NUI-Group.)

More information about Kevin's project, include a video, can be found on his blog.