Microsoft To License It 3D “Minority Report” Image Technology

In an effort to make more money, “cash-strapped” Microsoft Corp. plans to license its TouchLight technology. The technology is designed to physically move images around using their hands. The technology was developed at Microsoft Research which is devoted to go crazy with outrageous ideas that may never make it as a Microsoft product.

In this novel interactive display technology, the outputs of two video cameras behind a transparent projection display are combined producing an image of objects on the display surface. It transforms an otherwise normal sheet of acrylic plastic into a high-bandwidth input/output surface suitable for gesture-based interaction similar to the featured in the film The Minority Report.

TouchlLight has various applications. Car or airplane manufacturers could use the technology to demonstrate a new product or to provide detailed views of different components. Its first licensee, EON Reality, said it planned to incorporate TouchLight into existing interactive display products.

Via MSNBC

In an effort to make more money, “cash-strapped” Microsoft Corp. plans to license its TouchLight technology. The technology is designed to physically move images around using their hands. The technology was developed at Microsoft Research which is devoted to go crazy with outrageous ideas that may never make it as a Microsoft product.

In this novel interactive display technology, the outputs of two video cameras behind a transparent projection display are combined producing an image of objects on the display surface. It transforms an otherwise normal sheet of acrylic plastic into a high-bandwidth input/output surface suitable for gesture-based interaction similar to the featured in the film The Minority Report.

TouchlLight has various applications. Car or airplane manufacturers could use the technology to demonstrate a new product or to provide detailed views of different components. Its first licensee, EON Reality, said it planned to incorporate TouchLight into existing interactive display products.

Via MSNBC