Friday, May 28, 2010

Toshiba AirSwing UI puts you on the screen with your data

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/toshiba-airswing-ui-puts-you-on-the-screen-with-your-data/

We've seen a Minority Report-esque interface or two hundred by this point, but Toshiba's AirSwing really caught our attention. Using little more than a webcam and some software, this bad boy places a semi-transparent image of the operator on the display -- all the easier to maneuver through the menus. And according to Toshiba, that software only utilizes about three percent of a 400MHz ARM 11 CPU -- meaning that you have plenty of processor left for running your pre-crime diagnostics. There is no telling when something like this might become commercially available, but the company plans to bundle it in commercial displays for malls and the like. Video after the break.

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