MIT Students Create Working, "Minority Report" Inspired Gloves
MIT Students Create Working, "Minority Report" Inspired Gloves
Posted 03/31/2010 at 8:41pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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If one were to anthropomorphize contemporary computer navigation technology, it would be a grave-bound man living in constant fear ever since Minority Report's release. However, most people would agree that the gesture-based interface depicted in the film has lost a bit of its novelty. It is no longer as challenging an undertaking as it seemed back when the movie first hit theaters.
After all, we now live in a world that is counting down to body-controlled gaming on the Xbox 360 – not to mention other similar technologies currently under development. But come to think of it again, nothing really beats Minority Report for some odd reason.
Using the movie as an inspiration, two MIT students, Tony Hyun Kim and Nevada Sanchez, have been working on something they call the Glove Mouse. It is basically a pair of gloves that lets the user control a computer using just hand gestures.
The duo has now succeeded in making the gloves wireless. No, we are not talking Bluetooth here. The latest upgrade features RF transmitters and receivers, allowing it to go wireless. The Minority Report-style interface only cost the duo around $100. Apart from the gloves that feature an LED each on the rear, the setup includes a low-res webcam that functions like a cursor and a briefcase that houses the reciever circuit.
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thematejka
April 04, 2010 at 6:38pm
They probably know about it, but Natal was made for xbox. I hope there will be a way to put natal on a pc just like you can with wii motes. I am up for doing a project like these guys are though.
Neufeldt2002
March 31, 2010 at 9:47pm
I think my arms would get tired.
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Peanut Fox
March 31, 2010 at 10:20pm
I think the movements he is making with his hands are comparable to the movements on a mouse. If you look at his hands, he is not moving them great distances to accomplish the task of manipulating the map. The hands in this use are held in a natural position with with palms facing down.
nduanetesh
March 31, 2010 at 9:56pm
I was starting to think that I was the only person in the world who thinks this is a horrible idea for an interface. Given the choice between waving my arms around in the air or moving my wrist/forearm around a 6" mousepad on a desk, I'd much rather choose the mousepad. You can say I'm just supremely lazy, but try waving your arms in the air for three or four hours. My guess is your deltoids will give out after about 15 minutes.
This type of interface is a great idea for a thirty second scene from a movie, but I don't see the application in everyday computer use.
Rocketpop
April 01, 2010 at 3:52am
The application is so you can say to people in the room, "Look, I'm doing that thing from Minority Report."
I'd totally use it if it worked at all.
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