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Microsoft Research demo prototype glass screen PC with gesture and eye-tracking control
Microsoft Research demo prototype glass screen PC with gesture and eye-tracking control
Say what you like about Microsoft, but their Research arm certainly know how to put together an eye-catching demo. Chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie has been doing a tour of US colleges showing off a prototype next-gen computer – among other things – that has a ...
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Clippings from Craig Mundie's stop at UW
Clippings from Craig Mundie's stop at UW
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Microsoft Research Demos Magically Touch-Less, Transparent Glass Display [Prototype]
Gizmodo — ... prototype. It's a clear glass display which accepts input through voice-control, touch-less gestures, pen, and eye-tracking. iStartedSomething has videos showing the prototype in action, and it looks like it's got quite some potential, whether genuinely useful for manipulating data or for just plain fun. I can't wait until displays like this come out so that I can control my computer by staring it down after some foolish hand waving. [iStartedSomething via Slashgeat] ...

Microsoft presenta un prototipo de ordenador que se controlaría con la vista
Gizmología — ... Se trata, como pueden ver en la imagen, de un cristal transparente que podría, además de ser controlado por un lápiz, la voz y tus dedos, hacerse a través de la vista. ...

Microsoft showing off transparent glass display technology during college tour
CrunchGear — ... person computer from Minority Report combined with Tony Stark’s toys from Iron Man. Like iStartedSomething points out, some of this demo could be staged. It’s not that hard to follow a script to “simulate” a tech demo. But we’ve seen some fantastic stuff from Microsoft’s back rooms recently with the Courier, all those mice concepts, and a pressure-sensitive keyboard. I wonder what else is hidden? [via SlashGear]

Microsoft shows off its next-gen computing muscles on campuses nationwide
Coolest Gadgets — ... quite confusing as it showed many pages like a quilt of many tiny tiles. He then used eye-tracking to scan along those tiles, and each one would enlarge as it came into focus. It really is quite amazing to see what they are working on, especially the eye-tracking. I don’t know whether that was just a special effect, but I certainly wouldn’t mind having that now. Perhaps Microsoft is one step closer to achieving that 2019 vision of the future. Source ...

Microsoft’s transparent interface controlled by gestures and eyes
Gizmo Watch — ... recognizes inputs through touch-free gestures and eye-tracking. The content on the display can be manipulated with the help of voice commands or some other notable hand gestures, and in case you’re concentrating too much on something particular, the computer interface can automatically enlarge the same based on the eye-tracking technology. Check out the video demonstrations of the transparent computer prototype on istartedsomething. Via: SlashGear

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