WUW / sixthsense - a wearable gestural interface

We've evolved over millions of years to sense the world around us. When we encounter something, someone or some place, we use our five natural senses to perceive information about what is facing us. That information helps us make decisions and chose the right actions to take in a situation. But arguably the most useful information that can help us make the right decision is not naturally perceivable with our five senses, namely the data, information and knowledge that mankind has accumulated about everything and which is increasingly all available online. Moreover, Information is confined traditionally on paper or digitally on a screen. 'WUW' attempts to free information from its confines and releases it into the world, seamlessly integrating it with the physical world.

With the miniaturization of computing devices that fit inside our pockets, we are always connected to the digital world. However, there is no link between our interaction with these digital devices and interaction with the physical world. 'WUW' bridges this gap by augmenting the physical world around us with digital information and proposing natural hand gestures as the mechanism to interact with that information. 'WUW' brings the intangible information out into the tangible world. By using a camera and a tiny projector mounted on a hat or coupled in a pendant like device, 'WUW' sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects you are interacting with. 'WUW' projects information to any surface, walls, and the objects around us, and to interact with the information through natural hand gestures, arm movements, or with the object itself.

'WUW' is like having the entire world as your computer.

For more, please visit http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Pranav Mistry
• MIT Media Lab
• Sixth Sense
• sixthsense
• WUW
• Wear Ur World
• TED2009
• Multitouch
• Augmented Reality

[theKnightCoder]

This is the best innovation of our times. As Pranav Mistry said-"We don't need to become a machine ourselves by sitting in front of another machine (computer). We can move around and keep in touch with the real as well as the digital world".

[MsnAngersMe]

india ownage

[pigeot911]

HIS BROTHER STUDIES AT MY SCHOOL! :D ;D

[debashishjena]

@Utillitarian dude thats a projection paper screen on which the video is projected......he sticked that thing over the newspaper with senson on it(green and red colour blocks)......and when he turned it the video was gone but the paper screen was still intact........so its obviously REAL!!!!

[debashishjena]

jai mata di,om shiva,ganeshaya namah,hey uparwale mujhe maaf kare jo aise ghatiya log bhi yaha aatein..........I AM SORRY GOD!!!!..jai hind!!

[melcolm22]

I think that was just a blank piece of white paper that was still on the page once he turned it. The video projection actually came from the 6th sense.

It is real technology though. This was back in 2009 also so they've made progress since then.

[Utillitarian]

I was happy because I thought it was real, but take a close look at 3:44. if it was an actual projection it would have went away when he turned the page

[JesusWearsAddidas15]

the steve jobs of the future!

[Suntr0]

Interesting ideas here, I'd love to see what technology stems from this.

[carljohnson26101985]

@bbertani No Pranav is an India, his parents are also Indians. Pranav holds a Master in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and Master of Design from Industrial Design Center, Indian Institute Of Technology, Bombay, India.

[nourie13]

On vas avoir l'air de l'inspecteur gadget ;)

Mais si vraiment très ingénieux

[BrettTheRockStar]

Where can i get info on how to build this? any help would be appreciated