Comments on: I’ve seen the future of UIs, and it’s in stereoscopic 3D

By: Adrian

Adrian — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:18:27 +0000

I’m a bit late, but if you turn on the 3D-Mode in Google Streetview ( http://mostlynerd.com/2010/04/google-maps-3d-goggles-view/ ) and put on some anaglyph glasses, you can see the interface of Streetview ( yellow lines, …) floating in the foreground. It’s very impressive.

By: Sergey

Sergey — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:16:19 +0000

The existing technology of 3D displays is based upon the idea to show a different picture for the left and the right eye. Of course, the picture itself remains flat, our brain just imagine the next dimension because of some parallax between objects in the picture. So, the eye simply can not focus on a “distant” of “near-standing” object in this pseudo-3D picture. They are both at the same distance actually, displayed on your monitor. Maybe, that is why some people feel sick watching 3D movies. I don’t know for sure/
We will have to emulate the blurring of unfocused objects by constantly watching the user’s eyes to determine on which depth they are focusing right now. Or completely change the way we display 3d pictures. Make them in three REAL physical dimensions like these holographic projections in Star Wars.

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Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:50:25 +0000

[...] the Stereoscopic 3D interfaces of control panels, computers, tablets etc are in line with some concept video seen in the past [...]

By: Tech

Tech — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:10:26 +0000

The screens they use are really cool.

By: Windows 8

Windows 8 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:03:20 +0000

Looks awesome. I still have to go see Avatar. Great that James Cameron said what he did about MS, though, hahaha.

By: majg

majg — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:14:35 +0000

gosh, this brought back memories for me. About 10 years ago I had one of those ELSA Video cards with stereoscopic glasses. It was awesome.

The card came with Turok and I played it so long that I got ill. Wearing those glasses in 3D were really sick.

I swear Mary Joe Foley when talking about potentional partner for Project Pink mentioned LG/Samsung/Sharp or some similar company because of their screen technology. A few years ago, MS Research (along with IBM research) had a video of a lightweight 3d display with a mobile gui.

Anyways, yeah, it would be cool if an OS had this type of tech natively. Perhaps, we’re within a few years of it.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:38:57 +0000

Before we attack 3D imagery, one thing we can do right now with UI is:

3D audio feedback.

HRTF or other 3D positional audio can be easily achieved right now. If we have 3D audio feedback for window clicks or such, it would go a long way to creating a 3D-like window manager experience. Audio playing in background windows could be muffled to match the position of the window and how many layers deep it exists behind other windows. Positional audio techniques can even trick the listener into thinking that sound is above or below them, making the sound of on-screen to appear like they’re coming from 3D space.

By: Jason Zhang

Jason Zhang — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:48:49 +0000

Seems like everyone knows what everybody else will invent a few years/decades/centuries (pick one) from any point in time anywhere.

Doesn’t that remind you of something? It reminds me of the fifties.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_rand_home_computer.htm

Like technology visionaries back then said, any grand vision of future computing “will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve these problems.” Oh and I love this one: “With teletype interface and the FORTRAN language, the computer will be easy to use.”

So, still wanna know the future of UI? I do, too! Just don’t assume 640kb of memory is enough. For all we know, it could be neural interfaces. Even the prediction of holographic projections may seem like a vintage joke a couple decades from now. After all, stereoscopic displays today are like 600mb harddrives in a 100mb age–a novelty.

P.S. Don’t trust me either because I have unstated assumptions as well.

By: additions

additions — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:27:18 +0000

So they innovated then, by bringing completely useless technology to normal people and making it useful. Exactly my point. thanks

By: jerbear

jerbear — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:46:39 +0000

additons: Seriously? Apple? Apple takes things that already exist and simplifies/prettifies them for a price premium. Case in point: I have had touch screen smartphones for years before the iPhone was even a rumor. Apple just made it prettier and added a shopping cart. I’ve had tablets for years. Now Apple is getting ready to put out a thinner and slicker looking one. Same goes for mp3 players, desktop, and notebook PCs. Apple succeeds at what it does, namely focusing on marketing and form factor. They are rarely the first to come up with an idea but rather the first to make it trendy.