Ubi turns any wall into a touchscreen using Microsoft's Kinect

[ronjor]

By Nate Lanxon

"We can turn any surface into a 3D touchscreen," explained Anup Chathoth, one third of Munich-based startup Ubi Interactive. Such claims typically conjure up images of floating Minority Report-style touchscreens made from curved glass, but that's exactly what this three-person team has developed.

Ubi's system uses a Microsoft Kinect sensor to turn a regular projector into a multi-touch PC projection system, where regular PowerPoints, web pages, even games no longer require clickers or wireless mice to be navigated. By using the motion-tracking and depth-perception cameras in the Kinect, Ubi is able to detect where a user is pointing, swiping and tapping on a surface and interpret these gestures as if they were being performed on a giant touchscreen or interactive whiteboard.

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...bi-interactive

[Cudni]

Clever people

[mirimir]

Wearable computer + Google display glasses + Ubi = very cool

[SirDrexl]

It seems misleading to say that "any wall" can use this, as it requires rear projection. Obviously you need a special screen so the light can get through to the other side. Rear projection is already unfeasible for many people because it requires so much space.

It has some practical uses, but frankly I don't think I'd want it. Moving your arms around for a long time would get tiring, and I don't want to sit (stand?) that close anyway.