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A Step Towards the “Minority Report” UI for Average Joes: i.Tech’s Virtual Keyboard

January 5th, 2009

i.tech virtual keyboardThis isn’t an ad or review. I just found it online while looking to replace by bluetooth wireless keyboard.

The i.Tech virtual keyboard uses laser and infrared technology to project a full-size keyboard onto any flat surface.  I can just imagine myself in remote places armed with just my mobile device and this keyboard.

This gets me excited mostly because I can’t wait for the day that I have the “Minority Report interface” for my devices.  What I didn’t realize until last year was that the interface was more real than fictional.  The film’s propmaster and production designer visited MIT’s emerging technologies department to play with the Luminous Room systems developed by the founding members of Oblong.  If you haven’t seen Oblong’s g-speak, check it out:

Oblong offers g-speak as a software platform suitable for licensing and embedding as well as turkey systems.  But at this time, I’m not aware of any commerical applications of their products.

i.Tech’s virtual keyboard, on the other hand, is available on the market and affordably priced at $199.  It may not be the full Minority Report UI, but for me it’s the step in the right direction for my dream human-computer interface.

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