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The Lightbulb Computer

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7 pointsby oskarth3 comments

schiffern[hidden]
Nice. This reminds me how I felt watching the first pre-iPhone multitouch demos.

One small quality-of-life improvement that could be added: have the software timestamp when you say "here" and then (using a short low-FPS video buffer?) analyze the corresponding frame of video. This would eliminate the pause when you're pointing at something, waiting for the computer to respond.

Alternately a low-latency speech analyzer could look for the word "here" and quickly snap a screenshot. Perhaps project a temporary dot on the surface, so the user knows they can put their hand down now?

Quite the impressive demo! There's huge potential here.

socratics[hidden]
An interesting concept. I'm (probably) one of the few people that thought the Humane Pin had an interesting idea at its core, it was just executed poorly at the wrong time. A stationary version that leans into ambience solves a lot of the interaction and engineering issues. I also like that it addresses my gripe with XR interfaces; you aren't actually sharing a digital object in space and it looks weird to everyone else.
fragmede[hidden]
Projectors are cheap enough for this to work.