Wednesday, February 9, 2011

wow. This is true Augmented Reality

He just won himself $3000 by drawing x's and o's.

 Robotics engineer Garratt Gallagher uses the Kinect to create a virtual soundboard using a method out of a cartoon universe: he draws a circle on a piece of paper, and when he presses the virtual "button" computers make a sound.
As Gallagher says on his blog: "Magic right? this is what happens in cartoons – you draw an eject button, then you hit it and you eject. This can work in real life?!?"

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/techchron/detail?entry_id=82388#ixzz1DWOYg6MU



Things are just starting to get interesting...  I drew this picture and it magically appeared on my blog.


Thanks Kinect!

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