Imagine being able to take pictures by forming a square with your hands, dialing a phone number on your hand, or browse the web on a wall anywhere you go. Those are just a few of the tasks
SixthSense can perform, created by Research Assistant and PhD candidate
Pranav Mistry. The SixthSense is generally comprised of a camera, projector, color markers, mirror, microphone, and a mobile computing device which enable any surface to be used as a screen. By intertwining all of these components together, the computing device generates an interactive projection of information. But how exactly is the device interactive? The user wears four differently-colored tapes on the fingertips to assist the SixthSense camera in locating and tracking the movements of the fingers. SixthSense also supports multi-touch using these tapes.
Device Programs
- Map: Navigate using hand-gestures including pinch-to-zoom or pan
- Drawing: Draw on any surface using fingertip tracking
- Camera: A snapshot gesture with a frame made by a user's hands commands a picture to be taken
- Gallery: Scroll through photos on any surface using a flicking gesture
- Shortcuts: Draw in "@" symbol for email, magnifying glass for maps, or circle on wrist for watch
- Augmentation: A video relating to a present topic can be shown on a newspaper
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