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Remember Minority Report...?
![]() More to the point, remember that weird interactive screen that Tom Cruise used to see into the immedeate future? Okay, well, this sucker can't see into the future and doesn't require bald people in a bathtub to work - but the interaction portion is the same if not better. For the low price of $100,000, you too can own a "Online Only Media Wall" from Neiman Marcus.
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I saw something like this a few months ago. It wasn't for sale, but it was really neato to watch the demo.
For $100k, I am SURE people will be buying it. But until it drops to a reasonable price, I am sure most normal people will have no interest. I do however suspect that people would LOVE to own one of these. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Yeah, you actually have to touch this thing. I am not wowed.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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I imagine this will become really popular as the price drops over the next few years.
I wonder how they might design it for use for multiple people at one time - it'll be really interesting if, like in the video, people could collaborate on the same board and yet be able to individually retrieve files from storage, for example. How ya doing, buddy? |
It's basically this multi-touch screen on a production level. I would love to own something like though perhaps a bit smaller and cheaper.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
A step back from the mouse/touchpad for the low, low price of a hundred thousand dollars, look at that. This can only be exhibited in a modern art museum as a novelty. The only purpose of the Minority Report interface was to look cool in a movie. No one in their right mind would actually use it for daily work.
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Last edited by Aardark; Jan 6, 2008 at 01:02 PM.
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While this thing looks pretty neat, I am not a big fan of touch-screens because they get messy very quick, you have finger prints everywhere so you have to wash it a lot.
To resolve that issue I bet they will release some kind of special gloves for it. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
"Say goodbye to keyboards" the video says.
Then the next screen shows a touchscreen keyboard... Uh okay. Keyboard + mouse is more productive than that anyway. It's cool, but has no practical uses yet unless they innovate some kind of control scheme that makes what we use now obsolete. Jam it back in, in the dark. ![]() |
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They'd have better luck marketing it as a business tool.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I could actually see this being practical for video editing. It would be beautifully robust and intuitive to have all of your media and tools at your fingertips. Fuck yeah, this would be a wonderful interface for that. It would give a whole new meaning to the term "flatbed editing."
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I knew the Surface would get mentioned sooner or later, or I would just be satisfied with a wiimote hack
I was speaking idiomatically. |
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That reminds me of the table that Microsoft are working on.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Touchscreens are not really precise tools to get work done. They are great for UIs that work with simple, huge buttons, like ticket machines, but don´t ever expect them to replace an good graphic tablet.
And, yes, when there is actually something you need to touch, it will look pretty messy after a while. Maybe that´s why Tom Cruise is wearing gloves. FELIPE NO
Everything´s getting better.
Nothing´s getting good. |
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What they showed here is little more than a glorified piece of "future technology", trying to wow people with new things that have a novelty interest period of about a half hour with virtually no practicality whatsoever. The video did all to show you can resize photos, look at maps and grids. Wow, it's a big, non portable iphone. And speaking of which, apple already has this technology in use. $100,000 media wall? You've got to be fucking kidding me. Apple will likely have a new wave of imacs out in a year or two with the touch-screen technology, and like sprout said, I'd absolutely love to be edit on Final Cut Pro with that sort of tech. But that's basically all it's useful for. Music Composition? Midi interface keyboard. Illustration? Wacom tablet. Editing is like the only thing I could see it being useful in. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Does the iPhone track multiple touches on its surface at the same time? I though that was part of the draw of these newer huge devices.
I could definitely see this sort of thing being useful for group collaborations. It's kinda like having a large chalkboard that you can do so much more with. An adjustable sensitivity sort of feature would also be pretty sweet. Like, you draw a box with your fingers and it ups the sensitivity in that region so you can start to use pens/marker type objects so it could have the precision of a tablet. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
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Last edited by Misogynyst Gynecologist; Jan 7, 2008 at 05:37 PM.
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Neat? Yep. Very practical? Not really.
I'm sure they will find some niche that will be willing to slap down the $100k for this, but it doesn't even look like a step toward the direction appliances are going.
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
I don't know why anyone thinks clear/glass surfaces that many disgusting human hands will touch is actually a good idea.
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Yeah, they should really design touch screens for dog butts because they're so much cleaner.
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For that price it better come with lifetime warranty.
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Business use aside, I would totally use one of these given the chance. Moving stuff on a screen from across the room with hand motions would make anyone feel like a super-powered big shot. It's like what Magneto must feel like all the time. I could also see teachers using this with some sort of free-drawing software in place of blackboards, but universities, let alone public schools, wouldn't be able to afford them for several years. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
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Jam it back in, in the dark. |