Thursday, June 10, 2010

lonelysandwich:

John Underkoffler is the new Jeff Han

Meaning: watch this. You will be using it in a couple of years.

via Zadi Diaz

Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak.

Astounding. It wasn’t just movie effects magic. It was real. 

As for the “release date” for technology like this, I’d say things like the Wii and iPhone were a good starting point to the metaphor, and things like the iPad’s large touchscreen and the upcoming Natal for Xbox360 continue the metaphor and make us comfortable with touching our data. This could be a lot sooner than we think.