Transparent 3D computer unveiled:
A
transparent computer that allows users to reach inside and touch digital
content has been unveiled at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED)
conference in Los Angeles.
TED
fellow Jinha Lee has been working on the SpaceTop 3D desktop in collaboration
with Microsoft.
Allowing people to interact with machines in the same way
they do with solid objects could make computing much more intuitive, he told
the BBC.
He can see the system coming into general use within a
decade.
The system consists of a transparent LED display with
built-in cameras, which track the user's gestures and eye movements.
The design was inspired by what he sees as a human need to
interact with things.
"Spatial memory, where the body intuitively remembers
where things are, is a very human skill," he said.
Translating this to the digital world will enable people to
use computers more easily as well as complete more complex tasks.
"If you are working on a document you can pick it up and
flip through it like a book," he said.
For more precise tasks, where hand gestures are not accurate,
there is a touchpad. It will allow, for example architects to manipulate 3D
models.
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