Although miniaturized
versions of computers help us to connect to the digital world even while we are
travelling there aren’t any device as of now which gives a direct link between
the digital world and our physical interaction with the real world. Usually the
information’s are stored traditionally on a paper or a digital storage
device. Sixth sense technology helps to
bridge this gap between tangible and non-tangible world. Sixth Sense device is
basically a wearable gestural interface that connects the physical world around
us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact
with this information.
The sixth sense
technology was developed by PranavMistry, a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces
Group at the MIT Media Lab. According to him the sixth sense technology has a
Web 4.0 view of human and machine interactions. Sixth Sense integrates digital
information into the physical world and its objects, making the entire world
your computer. It can turn any surface into a touch-screen for computing,
controlled by simple hand gestures. It is not a technology which is aimed at
changing human habits but causing computers and other machines to adapt to
human needs. It also supports multi user and multi touch provisions. Sixth
Sense device is a mini-projector coupled with a camera and a cell phone—which
acts as the computer and your connection to the Cloud, all the information
stored on the web. The current prototype costs around $350. The Sixth Sense prototype is used to
implement several applications that have shown the usefulness, viability and
flexibility of the system.
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