The video below shows people in NYC's Times Square using their Verizon Droid phones to interact with the Verizon Wireless digital signage billboard:
The Droid offers a voice-activated search feature. Users can ask a question, and the search engine, powered by Google, will provide the search results from the web or from items stored on the phone. One feature I like is that it provides turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps, as well as other helpful geographic information. This would be a great tool for city dwellers and visitors alike.
The video below is a demonstration of how the Google Maps Navigation feature works on Android-based phones:
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Cross posted-The World Is My Interface
Nov 21, 2009
Nov 19, 2009
Become a Facebook fashionista with interactive augmented reality in Tobi's virtual dressing room.
Tobi, an on-line shopping website, has virtual dressing room with hundreds of dresses waiting to be tried on. Take a snapshot, share it on Facebook, and the process is elevated to a form of social fashionista networking.
The video below explains it all:
I'm not sure if the Tobi website will be offering a virtual dressing room for men.
Link from David Tan, ImmersiveTech
The video below explains it all:
I'm not sure if the Tobi website will be offering a virtual dressing room for men.
Link from David Tan, ImmersiveTech
Multi-touch & Gesture Interaction News: NUITEQ's Snowflake Suite 1.7 compatible with Windows 7 and 3M Touch Systems, N-trig and Lumio
"This video demonstrates the N-trig DuoSense true multi-touch solution utilizing up to four fingers. The video features various multi-touch enabled applications, including how to pan and rotate using up to four fingers on Google Earth, a demonstration of how to play various onscreen musical instruments using the Snowflake Suite Music application, and a new hands-on way to play Sudoku. The Corel Paint it!™ application shows how existing images can be transformed using multi-touch, and a 3D desktop organizer application from BumpTop demonstrates new and innovative ways in which to organize your desktop using up to four fingers" -avitaintrig's YouTube description
Snowflake Suite and NextWindow Plugin Information
NUITEQ in the media
3M Touch Systems
nTrig
Lumio
Bumptop
NextWindow
(SnowFlake Suite 1.7 works on NextWindow screens.)
I'll post more news and information about the natural interface/interaction biz very soon!
Nov 18, 2009
The Social and Technological Innovations in Social Media: Video of recent panel presentations moderated by Henry Jenkins at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism
Times are changing faster than we can change the buzzwords that convey this change. Social Media. Spreadibility. Immersive Journalism.
Henry Jenkins, the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, recently moderated a panel on the topic of social and technological innovations in social media. If you are in the mood for reflection, the videos below of the panel presentations are worth a look. Topics covered include on-line social networks, 3D virtual worlds, immersive journalism, social computing research, "stickiness moving to spreadable", and more.
If you are in a rush, the following article provides an overview of the panel discussions, along with key quotes from the various participants:
Annenberg panels explore "Social Media: Platform or Provocation for Innovation?
Lara Levin, Student Writer, USC Annenberg News 11/16/09
Session 1- Video Social Media: Platform or Provocation for Innovation?
Session 2 - Implicatons of Social Media for Business, Learning and Institutional Development
Description from the USC Annenberg YouTube Channel:
Nov. 5, 2009: "Implications of Social Media for Business, Learning and Institutional Development"
"As part of the week-long visit by and dialogue with Annenberg Innovator in Residence Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Dean Ernest J. Wilson III hosts a half-day conference titled "Social Media: Platform or Provocation for Innovation?" In this panel, "Implications of Social Media for Business, Learning and Institutional Development" experts from USC Annenberg and IBM will explore recent innovations and future trends in the social media space as well as industry responses to these developments. The rate of innovation in social media has been staggering in recent years. The result is a substantially different media landscape than one confronted by media organizations even five years ago. The conversation will focus on both the demands of the new media marketplace and the barriers that organizations are likely to face in attempting to meet these demands. In addition to Wladawsky-Berger, panelists include USC Annenberg faculty members Henry Jenkins, Jonathan Taplin, Dmitri Williams, Marc Cooper, executive in residence David Westphal and research fellow Nonny de la Peña. They will be joined by IBMs Steve Canepa, general manager for media and entertainment and Julia Grace, software engineer and Melissa Cefkin, ethnographer and research scientist."
Henry Jenkins, the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, recently moderated a panel on the topic of social and technological innovations in social media. If you are in the mood for reflection, the videos below of the panel presentations are worth a look. Topics covered include on-line social networks, 3D virtual worlds, immersive journalism, social computing research, "stickiness moving to spreadable", and more.
If you are in a rush, the following article provides an overview of the panel discussions, along with key quotes from the various participants:
Annenberg panels explore "Social Media: Platform or Provocation for Innovation?
Lara Levin, Student Writer, USC Annenberg News 11/16/09
Session 1- Video Social Media: Platform or Provocation for Innovation?
Session 2 - Implicatons of Social Media for Business, Learning and Institutional Development
Description from the USC Annenberg YouTube Channel:
Nov. 5, 2009: "Implications of Social Media for Business, Learning and Institutional Development"
"As part of the week-long visit by and dialogue with Annenberg Innovator in Residence Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Dean Ernest J. Wilson III hosts a half-day conference titled "Social Media: Platform or Provocation for Innovation?" In this panel, "Implications of Social Media for Business, Learning and Institutional Development" experts from USC Annenberg and IBM will explore recent innovations and future trends in the social media space as well as industry responses to these developments. The rate of innovation in social media has been staggering in recent years. The result is a substantially different media landscape than one confronted by media organizations even five years ago. The conversation will focus on both the demands of the new media marketplace and the barriers that organizations are likely to face in attempting to meet these demands. In addition to Wladawsky-Berger, panelists include USC Annenberg faculty members Henry Jenkins, Jonathan Taplin, Dmitri Williams, Marc Cooper, executive in residence David Westphal and research fellow Nonny de la Peña. They will be joined by IBMs Steve Canepa, general manager for media and entertainment and Julia Grace, software engineer and Melissa Cefkin, ethnographer and research scientist."
iStethoscope: Use Your iPhone, Listen to Your Heart - via Peter J. Bentley, the Undercover Scientist : Health Care Reformers, Listen to This!
I moved the contents of this post to another page:
iStethoscope: Use Your iPhone, Listen to Your Heart
iStethoscope: Use Your iPhone, Listen to Your Heart
Nov 17, 2009
TECH NEWS: HP TouchSmart DevZone; HP Interactive Solutions ISV Partner Program; Info from NextWindow
The following information is from the following HP press release:
HP Announces HP TouchSmart Software Development
"HP today announced the HP TouchSmart software development programs that allow software developers to create consumer and commercial applications for HP TouchSmart PCs and touch-enabled digital signage displays. The programs are designed to significantly increase the utility of TouchSmart products for consumers and businesses."
“HP TouchSmart development programs allow developers to uncover new market opportunities while users can discover a whole new world of possibilities on their touch products,” said James Taylor, director, Experience Marketing, Personal Systems Group, HP. “HP’s unique multitouch user interface, combined with native applications, provide the most advanced software platform for touch-enabled PCs and digital signage.”
HP connects with developers at TouchSmart DevZone
"Developers looking to create applications for consumer TouchSmart PCs can visit the TouchSmart DevZone at www.touchsmartdevzone.com to download the HP TouchSmart software development kit free of charge. The kit includes a complete set of code samples, documentation and application programming interfaces that make creating applications for HP TouchSmart products easy and fast"
HP Interactive Solutions ISV Partner Program Overview
"The HP Interactive Solutions ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Partner Program allows ISVs to register with HP to access technical resources and support for building tailor-made business solutions for business TouchSmart PCs and touch-enabled and non-touch digital signage displays. In partnering with ISVs, HP provides its business customers more choices and provides a more complete solution for their needs."
Note:
I have an HP TouchSmart - one of the reasons I bought it is that the touch-screen component was made by NextWindow. Nextwindow was the company responsible for the large touch-screen display I used for a couple of projects when I was taking HCI and Ubicomp classes during the first part of 2007. It had the best resolution and touch response of all of the displays I could get my hand on at the time.
NextWindow screens can be found in new computers and all-in-ones. These include the Dell Studio One 19, Dell SX2210T the HP TouchSmart 300, 600, & 9100, the Sony L Series, the Medion X9613, the NEC's ValueStar W All In One, Leveno A70z All-in-On PC More information regarding Nextwindow can be found on the company's press release page.
-Photos from NextWindow
HP Announces HP TouchSmart Software Development
"HP today announced the HP TouchSmart software development programs that allow software developers to create consumer and commercial applications for HP TouchSmart PCs and touch-enabled digital signage displays. The programs are designed to significantly increase the utility of TouchSmart products for consumers and businesses."
“HP TouchSmart development programs allow developers to uncover new market opportunities while users can discover a whole new world of possibilities on their touch products,” said James Taylor, director, Experience Marketing, Personal Systems Group, HP. “HP’s unique multitouch user interface, combined with native applications, provide the most advanced software platform for touch-enabled PCs and digital signage.”
HP connects with developers at TouchSmart DevZone
"Developers looking to create applications for consumer TouchSmart PCs can visit the TouchSmart DevZone at www.touchsmartdevzone.com to download the HP TouchSmart software development kit free of charge. The kit includes a complete set of code samples, documentation and application programming interfaces that make creating applications for HP TouchSmart products easy and fast"
HP Interactive Solutions ISV Partner Program Overview
"The HP Interactive Solutions ISV (Independent Software Vendor) Partner Program allows ISVs to register with HP to access technical resources and support for building tailor-made business solutions for business TouchSmart PCs and touch-enabled and non-touch digital signage displays. In partnering with ISVs, HP provides its business customers more choices and provides a more complete solution for their needs."
Note:
I have an HP TouchSmart - one of the reasons I bought it is that the touch-screen component was made by NextWindow. Nextwindow was the company responsible for the large touch-screen display I used for a couple of projects when I was taking HCI and Ubicomp classes during the first part of 2007. It had the best resolution and touch response of all of the displays I could get my hand on at the time.
NextWindow screens can be found in new computers and all-in-ones. These include the Dell Studio One 19, Dell SX2210T the HP TouchSmart 300, 600, & 9100, the Sony L Series, the Medion X9613, the NEC's ValueStar W All In One, Leveno A70z All-in-On PC More information regarding Nextwindow can be found on the company's press release page.
-Photos from NextWindow
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