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Real-Life Minority Report Interface Presentation Video

Take a look at this TED presentation video by MIT Media Labs' John Underkoffler showing off the real-life "Minority Report" wired glove display. It's pretty amazing.


('Minority Report' glove display technology)

For purposes of comparison, here is the same idea of a interactive display as presented in Steven Spielberg's movie Minority Report. Note that this clip from the movie contains some scenes that may upset some viewers:


(Interactive display from Minority Report)

Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care while looking at seven different versions of the Minority Report interface display from a variety of sources:

  - Minority Report-Style 'Discovery Informatics' At Purdue University
  - Minority Report Glove Interface From Raytheon
  - Pioneer 3D Hand Waving Interface
  - Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall Gives CNN Magic
  - Where's My Hand Waving Gesture Recognition Interface?
  - G-Speak Compared To Minority Report Gesture Interface
  - AcceleGlove Open-Source Data Glove

Via Singularity Hub.

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