Here are a few more Kinect Hacks showing touch screen is so passé! Zooming around the map is 3D looks very exciting!
Fluid Interfaces at MIT have made Kinect talk with JavaScript in the web browser for some interesting interactions. I like the hand opening and closing for menus and links.
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I was very impressed with this digital projection on the façade of Saks’ flagship store on Fifth Avenue, New York. This was made possible by six state-of-the-art projectors. An accurate map of the building and its features are stored in the computer system to enable the animation to interact with the building. This technology brings a completely new dimension to window displays and I’m sure we will be seeing more use of this in the future.
Microsoft’s Kinect for the XBOX360 is very impressive and people have already hacked it to do all sorts of other things. This experiment from Flight404 shows it being used to marshmallow-man-o-rise a video in real time.
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Leading offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has recently launched its ArtPrize competition in Guernsey, offering budding artists the opportunity to win £1000 cash prize. But time is running out – the deadline for entries is 1st December 2010.
Competition entries can be composed from any medium (photography, canvas painting, digital artwork), as long as the work is in 2D, at a maximum size of A1. For full details, visit mourantozannes.com/artprize
Short-listed entries will be displayed at a special exhibition within Guernsey Airport, where members of the public can vote for their favourite piece. Read more
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Guernsey’s honorary consuls for Germany and France were both involved in a bi-annual conference held at the German Embassy in London last week, 10 November 2010, to participate in discussions about improved co-operation, as well the Franco-British-German triangle.
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This Sand Glass LED traffic light concept is a very elegant and clever piece of design. Simple ideas are often the hardest to improve upon as you don’t want to muddy the concept with too many additions. However designer Thanva Tivawon has done a great job at improving the usability of traffic lights whilst keeping them simple, a quick glance still tells you the most important message, to stop or go, but look a little longer and the familiar hour glass iconography provides more detail. Genius!
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Canvas Rider is pure genius and written entirely in JavaScript and HTML5 goodness, so no plugins required, no Flash, nothing*. Okay, you need a modern browser such as Firefox or Chrome but that’s not the point, this is entirely built using open, Internet standards so in time all browsers will support it. HTML5 is about more that just building information sites, you build games too!
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