sixth sensewearable gestural interface

sixth sense

my interest

device(service) + human

= ??

difference

most gestural and multi-touch

• not mobile

• small mobile devices fail to provide the intuitive experience gestural systems

want

• not an alternative to multi-touch or gesture recognition technology

• a novel free-hand gestural interaction

• simple, mobile, natural, affordable

wuw (wear ur world)

• interact with the projected information using hand gestures

• the information is projected onto the objects and surfaces themselves, rather than onto glasses or goggles, which results in a very different user experience

• the user does not need to wear special glasses

intuitive, natural, mobile

g-speak oblong

ms surface

intuitive, natural, mobile

hardware

• a pocket projector (3M MPro110)

• a camera (Logitech QuickCam)

• a laptop computer or smartphone

• total $350 (exclude laptop or smartphone)

Gestural Interaction of WUW

The WUW primarily recognizes three types of gestures:

1. Gestures supported by multi-touch systems

2. Freehand gestures

3. Iconic gestures (in-the-air drawings)

issue & discussion point

• what is natural, intuitive

• change human behavior

(shopping, reading, meeting, thinking, ...)