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Title: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: Dartful Dodger on April 07, 2006, 08:07:52 pm

This is a movie about the technology which Apple has recently patented.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6379146923853181774

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: MYX on April 07, 2006, 10:56:33 pm

That is the most unbelievable thing.
Coming from a video editing and visual effects world, I can see a fake from a mile away. That looks friggin real.
unbelievable. and completely exciting. Ghaw, can you imagine photoshop with that. What fun!

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: AtomSmasher on April 07, 2006, 11:15:32 pm

BAM!!!
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=49804.0

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: quarterback on April 07, 2006, 11:24:47 pm

Why bother having to touch the screen

Link (http://a834.g.akamai.net/7/834/9538/031005-1725/estream.download.akamai.com/9538/playmotion/playmotion_012qt_m.mov)

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: Harry Potter on April 08, 2006, 10:45:47 am

useless for viewing porn if both your hands are gonna be occupied  ;D

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: MYX on April 08, 2006, 06:30:14 pm

they have one of the projection screen things at the science museum in Nashville. I played with it for a while. Pretty cool. It did not track as well as a picky person would have liked.

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: USSEnterprise on April 08, 2006, 07:15:35 pm

Thats smurfing awesome

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: romperwomb on April 09, 2006, 01:22:21 am

::shudders::

Pre-crime.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/23/texas.bars.reut/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/23/texas.bars.reut/index.html)

"The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car."

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: coasternuts on April 09, 2006, 09:27:56 am

Nice.  It seems Apple is patenting "multi-touch screens" before the technology is proven
and useful.

The way Han's touchscreen works is by illuminating plexi/lexan with infrared LEDs and
uses a video projector and a camera to create contact points.  It's a neat idea, but not
a neat package as say a CRT/LCD/etc. monitor.   

Anyone with half a brain can discern how useful multi-touch can be.  It's a shame the
process has to be "patented" by big business before somebody makes it useful.

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: Dartful Dodger on April 10, 2006, 12:54:29 pm

Quote from: coasternuts on April 09, 2006, 09:27:56 am

Nice.  It seems Apple is patenting "multi-touch screens" before the technology is proven and useful.

I think Microsoft's Windows is a good reason for Apple to patent everything they spend time creating.

Title: Re: Apple's answer to Minority Report
Post by: Vigo on April 10, 2006, 05:27:44 pm

I think that the fact that they made software demos to show several applications of how useful it is is impressive...I can imagine playing some sort of D&D style game on it and actually casting spells with your hands....It would be pretty fun! I don't think giving up the mouse and keyboard will happen anytime soon though....