g-stalt version 1

In the g-stalt project we are exploring how to navigate large information spaces naturally, quickly, and seamlessly between graphical and physical space. In our first version of g-stalt, shown here, the user can download images from flickr by touching one of three fruits on the table e.g. the orange fruit will download images on flickr tagged with "orange". g-stalt is implemented using the g-speak spatial operating enviornment from oblong industries http://oblong.com/

Version 1 made by Jamie Zigelbaum, Daniel Leithinger, Adam Kumpf, Kyle Buza, and Hiroshi Ishii in the Tangible Media Group http://tangible.media.mit.edu at the MIT Media Lab. See http://zig.media.mit.edu/Work/G-stalt for more info.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• interface
• interaction
• hci
• gesture
• g-speak
• design
• computer
• technology
• images
• information
• space
• mit
• medialab
• oblong

[captainmorgansfplay]

for file organization, you're right i don't see how this will be better. however, for interactive learning, games, and social media this could have some interesting purposes.

also, wiki-style information and mind maps could be better expressed through three dimensional representations

[JohnnyScience]

This is sick shit. Exactly what I was looking for... seems this is closer than I even expected.

Any idea on release date to the consumer level & any clue on price?

[markoskvariemai]

well the same they said for computers in the 80s much easier was back then to have write on paper everything and keep ''real files with matter''  ... seems like 100 years from back then

i can visualize a lot of uses for this...

[anyoldguy]

or perhaps in cause/effect mappings?

[LordReserei01]

I could see it being used for various things, maybe not at this stage but it's version 1...probably subject to change and improvement.

[davidngo4415]

i'm sure you spent a lot of time on this project, and created an interesting interface....but i can't honestly see this being useful at all. it's chaotic, disorganized, and really difficult to find what you're looking for. perhaps this is a technology that can be used elsewhere, like gaming?