The Precogs Saw It Coming …
This news item from the future courtesy of TechCrunch (founded by lawyer Michael Arrington – see lawyers can do something useful) …
In 2008 Oblong Industries
revealed itself [and] people are starting to talk about it. [Oblong was]… at the TED conference this year. Apparently it wowed the crowd. If you saw Minority Report you’ve seen the system they’re building. The co-founder of Oblong, John Underkoffler, came up with the gesture-based interface seen in the Steven Spielberg movie. The demo was stunning, but it was a video. Apparently the TED audience got to see it in action. NYT’s Bits blog detailed some of it in a post. For those not at TED, Oblong has also made a few demo videos in the past, embedded below.
revealed itself [and] people are starting to talk about it. [Oblong was]… at the TED conference this year. Apparently it wowed the crowd. If you saw Minority Report you’ve seen the system they’re building. The co-founder of Oblong, John Underkoffler, came up with the gesture-based interface seen in the Steven Spielberg movie. The demo was stunning, but it was a video. Apparently the TED audience got to see it in action. NYT’s Bits blog detailed some of it in a post. For those not at TED, Oblong has also made a few demo videos in the past, embedded below.To clarify, this really is Minority Report <<Read the whole Article>>
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