Sixsense coming to a Nokia near you?
Every now and again, I blog about something that’s not strictly Nokia related, but is indirectly connected as it’s usually something I’d like to see Nokia implement or take inspiration from.
See a nice scene? Without having to whip out your camera/phone, just for a frame with your hand and the picture is taken. Just one of the features possible with a device that anticipates exactly what you want your gadget to do.
Just over a month ago, I found a BBC article about M.I.T.’s new gesture interface project: Sixth Sense.
You can read it here: SixthSense gesture interface: Real life is the new screen.
No – it’s not about seeing dead people.
The core of the idea is that instead of being limited to interacting with a phone screen, your phone will know intuitively what you’re doing, say grocery shopping or taking a photo, and instinctively know to project an image containing details of that grocery item or snap a picture – all without having to manually instruct the phone to do so.
This is great because there’s no more wading through menus; your phone anticipates what you are about to do (hence Sixth Sense) and acts appropriately, merging your experience with technoligical gadgets with real life.
Surprisingly, over at Nokia Conversations, it appears that Nokia HAVE actually been exploring a “Sixth Sense” concept, again where you aren’t “trapped looking at a screen” but instead are freed “from the complexity of technology to let you look up and enjoy the world around you”.
How soon will we see such a thing from Nokia? Most definitely not anytime soon, but it’s still great to know Nokia are actually considering such a bold, and quite revolutionary concept.
Jay Montano
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I do agree this sounds like an amazing possibility. Initially i see soo many posibilities. Then when i put on my business head, i see soo many pit falls. How about the phone is lifted to take a picture, but in reality your just adjusting it so the sun isnt glaring the screen! your busy texting, the cam pops up, takes a snap, in your haste and frustration, you send the pic to the recipient of the text and the phone is branded annoying.
Awsome posibility, so many possible pit falls for failior. do it yes, but be ohhh so careful in testing.
Hi there. From what I gather, with the original Sixth Sense project, you don’t hold the “phone” at all. You may wear it, as a headgear/necklace etc. When taking a picture, you make a square with your fingers – the device recognizes that geture and takes a photo.
The camera will not pop up when your texting, because you haven’t made that particular gesture which activates the camera. There probably will be other pitfalls, but the beauty of sixth sense is that it will learn to anticipate and weed those out – integrating a natural symbiotic experience between real life and technology.
Wow!! is this for real!! its just great because I’m awaiting till Puremobile release the unlock version of N97 to grab it and I’ll be rocking with the 6th sense!!
Very nice post, I was looking for this for quite some time, I am definately going to subscribe to you now. Keep it up .
I am willing to be wowedjust not ready to be wowed quite yet. I know it sounds great, it seems brilliant and it involves tech. I have worked with tech for long enough now to know the first time we do something monumental in advancement in tech, it fails. Then it takes two paths
1. Refinement – folowed by failior, followed by refinement, followed by a little more failior followed by something completely different that works a little worse but still works (beta max) (HD disks) and the list is huge.
2. scrap.
Still the journey is fun, the failior is blamed on bill gates which is always fun.
So how long till i get proven wrong and im wowed, AKA release of this tech?
cool blog love it cant wait for the sixsense lol