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The Most Important New Technology Since the Smart Phone Arrives December 2012
By now, many of us are aware of the Leap Motion, a small, $70 gesture control system that simply plugs into any computer and, apparently, just works. If you've seen the gesture interfaces in Minority Report, you know what it does. More importantly, if you're familiar with the touch modality -- and at this point, most of us are -- the interface is entirely intuitive. It's touch, except it happens in the space in front of the screen, so you don't have to cover your window into your tech with all those unsightly smudges.
To understand how subtly revolutionary Leap will be, watch the video below, shot by the folks at The Verge, where you'll also find more juicy details on the device's specs and inner workings.
Unlike a touchscreen interface, with the Leap, there's no friction. That sounds trivial, but it isn't. It's the difference between attempting to conduct a symphony with a wand and attempting to conduct the same symphony by sketching out what the orchestra should do next via chalk on a blackboard.
Plus, Leap operates in three dimensions rather than two. Forget pinch-to-zoom; imagine "push to scroll," rotating your flattened hand to control the orientation of an object with a full six degrees of freedom, or using both hands at once to control either end of a bezier surface you're casually sculpting as part of an object you'll be sending to your 3D printer.
The fact that the Leap can see almost any combination of objects - a pen, your fingers, all 10 fingers at once, should make every interface designer on the planet giddy with anticipation. If you thought that the touchscreen interface on the iPhone and subsequent tablets opened up a whole new way to interact with your device, imagine something that combines the intuitiveness of that experience with the possibility of such fine-grained control that you could do away with the trackpad or mouse entirely.
The number of emergent properties that are inherent in an interface like Leap is mind-boggling. In their demos, its creators are fairly casual about its potential, preferring to show off its precision rather than imagine radical new applications for it. Judging by Leap Motion's indications that it's going to open an app store just for Leap, it's clear they're aiming these demos at least in part at the developers who will see the technology's potential and, like the thousands of coders who poured countless hours of effort into the iOS App store, create a panoply of applications so desirable that the Leap will become a must-have.
http://www.zeitnews.org/a(...)ives-december-2012-0
Ziet er goed uit
By now, many of us are aware of the Leap Motion, a small, $70 gesture control system that simply plugs into any computer and, apparently, just works. If you've seen the gesture interfaces in Minority Report, you know what it does. More importantly, if you're familiar with the touch modality -- and at this point, most of us are -- the interface is entirely intuitive. It's touch, except it happens in the space in front of the screen, so you don't have to cover your window into your tech with all those unsightly smudges.
To understand how subtly revolutionary Leap will be, watch the video below, shot by the folks at The Verge, where you'll also find more juicy details on the device's specs and inner workings.
Unlike a touchscreen interface, with the Leap, there's no friction. That sounds trivial, but it isn't. It's the difference between attempting to conduct a symphony with a wand and attempting to conduct the same symphony by sketching out what the orchestra should do next via chalk on a blackboard.
Plus, Leap operates in three dimensions rather than two. Forget pinch-to-zoom; imagine "push to scroll," rotating your flattened hand to control the orientation of an object with a full six degrees of freedom, or using both hands at once to control either end of a bezier surface you're casually sculpting as part of an object you'll be sending to your 3D printer.
The fact that the Leap can see almost any combination of objects - a pen, your fingers, all 10 fingers at once, should make every interface designer on the planet giddy with anticipation. If you thought that the touchscreen interface on the iPhone and subsequent tablets opened up a whole new way to interact with your device, imagine something that combines the intuitiveness of that experience with the possibility of such fine-grained control that you could do away with the trackpad or mouse entirely.
The number of emergent properties that are inherent in an interface like Leap is mind-boggling. In their demos, its creators are fairly casual about its potential, preferring to show off its precision rather than imagine radical new applications for it. Judging by Leap Motion's indications that it's going to open an app store just for Leap, it's clear they're aiming these demos at least in part at the developers who will see the technology's potential and, like the thousands of coders who poured countless hours of effort into the iOS App store, create a panoply of applications so desirable that the Leap will become a must-have.
http://www.zeitnews.org/a(...)ives-december-2012-0
Ziet er goed uit
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Prachtig. Dit gaat over 25 jaar wel een nieuwe technologiekloof tussen de oude en jonge generatie brengen. Als je hiermee van jongs af aan hebt leren werken kun je zo goed dat 'wij ouderen' met open mond staan te kijken en er behoorlijk houterig bij afsteken.
maar het oog wil ook wat
Alleen stijve starre mensen die alles met hun verstand doen zullen problemen gaan ondervinden. Deze technologie is juist erg intuitief, dus als je een beetje een normaal mens bent dat in contact staat met zijn intuitie op een niet eens al te diep niveau dan is deze technologie juist erg makkelijk denk ik.quote:Op maandag 30 juli 2012 18:15 schreef zakstront het volgende:
Prachtig. Dit gaat over 25 jaar wel een nieuwe technologiekloof tussen de oude en jonge generatie brengen. Als je hiermee van jongs af aan hebt leren werken kun je zo goed dat 'wij ouderen' met open mond staan te kijken en er behoorlijk houterig bij afsteken.
"An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people."
Lijkt me vermoeiend, de hele tijd met je armen in de lucht.
Verder technisch gezien natuurlijk wel cool.
Verder technisch gezien natuurlijk wel cool.
Never in the entire history of calming down did anyone ever calm down after being told to calm down.
een vraag over de titel, hoezo is de smartphone technologie belangrijk? deze techniek bestond al jaren, alleen nu op een telefoon in plaats van een laptop. smartphones zijn echt geen belangrijke technologische stap. heel insignificant naar mijn mening
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Ik heb de titel niet zelf bedacht he?quote:
een vraag over de titel, hoezo is de smartphone technologie belangrijk? deze techniek bestond al jaren, alleen nu op een telefoon in plaats van een laptop. smartphones zijn echt geen belangrijke technologische stap. heel insignificant naar mijn mening
Maar de smartphone is denk ik belangrijk omdat hij het begin van een nieuwe fase vertegenwoordigd. We gaan steeds kleiner en worden steeds geavanceerder. Een smartphone is zo'n product dat klein en geavanceerd is.
"An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people."
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