CollabrATEC

A University of Tokyo initiative has built a device to create haptic sound holograms, otherwise known as “Lickable Holograms”. These holograms can’t be seen or heard, but can be felt, creating an entirely new way to provide feedback to interface users. the International Society for Haptics features more of Takayuki Iwamoto’s work on this new method for for producing tactile sensations with acoustic radiation pressure.

Sphere is an interactive spherical display prototype that uses custom optics hardware as well as computer vision and graphics software to enable interaction on a spherical surface. 

http://research.microsoft.com/~benko/projects/sphere/

BumpTop is a three dimensional interface that seeks to use the paradigm of a real world office to manage your file system. Using a propriety physics engine BumpTop mimics objects in the real world and uses self revealing gestures to interact with these objects.
This video demonstrates it’s intuitive interface.

Watch this video for a less dry and more realistic use of this technology

Conversely, some don’t feel this a real world, intuitive interface

Each group brought a prototype to share with the class as represented below:

Archivist:
A blog site has been built - www.collabratec.com
You will find a tag for each group respresented in the class.
Scott will be emailing Christopher individual emails in order to set each individual up with an account. The password to register is “atec”. Please change your password upon setting up your account.

Also submitted is a white paper outline for the final presentation. We are asking for input and ideas to fine tune the project. Input from each group will be imperative … Continue Reading

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