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SixthSense Creator Releasing Code for Super-Cool Wearable Gesture Interface Device
by Lisa Hoover - Nov. 06, 2009 Comments (1) s i x t h s e n s e Remember the scene in the movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise uses hand gestures instead of a mouse to interact with a computer screen displayed on the wall? The idea isn't really that far-fetched and software developer Pranav ...
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Look Ma, No Mouse
GigaOM — ... So writes Lisa Hoover on OStatic today. Mistry has created SixthSense, a wearable gesture interface that uses a camera and mini projector to display data and information onto surfaces, walls, and even your hand. Customized fingertip sensors let you manipulate the data and use your hands to interact with it. During a presentation at the TEDIndia conference this week, the PhD student announced plans to release SixthSense under an open source license in the coming months. You can check out v ...

Sixth Sense creator to release code, wearable gesture interface becomes a reality for all
Engadget — If we're being honest (and trust us, we're being honest), Pranav Mistry's Sixth Sense contraption has always baffled us. It's kind of like Sony's Rolly. It looks cool, it sounds rad, but we're fairly certain only 2.49 people actually know and fully comprehend how it works. That said, we're more than jazzed about the possibility of having wearable gesture interfaces gracing every human we come into contact with, and rather than attempting to make his invention "comply with some kind of corporate policy," he's purportedly aiming to release the source code ...

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