Singapore-based Grain&Pixel has made a beautiful integration of AirStrike for Dior.
A larger than natural book is projected from top. AirStrike is installed on top and tracks gestures of users who can turn virtual pages of the book.
We want to thank all our visitors at Digital Content Expo 2010 last week.
LM3LABS demonstrated 2 solutions out from their technologies:
The Touchless Ironman Experiences
Thousands of visitors could experience the touchless interaction with digital content displayed on a semi-rounded and transparent interface similar to what can be seen in the Iron Man movie. LM3LABS’ AirStrike was tracking fingers, hands and gestures very accurately in mid-air.
The experience was magic.
Interactive Go: hi-precision finger tracking on a piece of wood
LM3LABS’ vision is aimed at hiding technology to make it invisible to users. We wanted to demonstrate the association of digital technology to analog environment and we have selected our finger tracking technology in association to a traditional Japanese Go game (also called Go-ban). A Go-ban is a very beautiful piece of wood made in a single piece. We projected the game from the top, integrating the projector and camera into a (our designer Edern’s) hand-made traditional Japanese lamp.
The technologie is called Movaction and it tracks fingers extremities, hand and gestures very accurately. The tracking is made from top ad it is completely impossible to embed any sensors into the 20cm thick piece of wood.
Players could point at the position they want and “stones” appeared in a magic way.
After a few stones, the game was accidentally broken and Japanese carps were swimming under the Go grid.
LM3LABS’ work had a great media coverage:
Here are some links to TV broadcasts:
Nikkei:
http://www.nikkei.com/video/?bclid=67379774001&bctid=635659962001
MSN:
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/business/101014/biz1010141442018-n1.htm
Nippon TV
http://www.news24.jp/articles/2010/10/14/06168673.html#
TV Asahi:
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ann/news/web/html/201014021.html
Here are some links to magazines:
Sankei (in Japanese):
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/business/news/101014/bsj1010141443009-n1.htm
Mainichi:
http://mainichi.jp/select/biz/graph/20101014/index.html
Biglobe:
http://news.biglobe.ne.jp/it/1017/rbb_101017_7029398793.html
Yahoo:
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20101015-00000781-reu-int
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20101017-00000000-rbb-sci
End of June, EDB, Singapore’s Economic Development Bureau, presented at World Cities Summit 2010.
The 2,000 square feet booth was designed by former Red Dot Design Awards judge Chris Lee. Inside it embedded LM3LABS’ interactive technologies like AirStrike. The result is a state-of-the-art interactive experience.
CNET Asia’s Nicholas Aaron Kho covered the event with an article.
Nicholas’ movie:
Pictures from blogger Pat Law:
On July 23rd, LM3LABS hosted the Tokyo Interaction Center, aka TinC.
Pictures can be seen on http://bit.ly/bnJ0FG
Among guests, Tokuda-san a PhD candidate from University of Tokyo specialized in holographic 3D screens. He presented a small model of his research. We helped him to illustrate the application of his work to the “commercial” world and this the result.
A ring of very light mist mixed with fragrange is pulsed in a shop while a projector synchronize images with the ring size, dimension, speed, density in order to create a 3D effect to viewer under the “cloud”.
3D visualizations simply look like coming to the visitors. When the cloud reach the viewer it caries a fresh fragrange
Tokuda-san interview, in Japanese, can be seen on TinC’s YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrkxmrHnVnQ
LM3LABS unveil a new interactive solution based on Balloons from partner MGlobalJapan.
Relying on Catchyoo Reloaded proven technology, the interactive balloon solution allows close to 360 interaction with content.
The solution is available for rent or sales in Japan and Asia.
A future version is in preparation based on soon-to-be-launched 3DFeel product.
Here are more explanations:
Interactive balloons v lm3 labs v2
in action:
As LM3LABS expand in new interactivity domains with new products and solutions, we grow our team and open 2 new positions.
We are looking for an Augmented Reality software engineer (JOB REQ: http://bit.ly/bMhMhz) and a Computer Vision software engineer (JOB REQ: http://bit.ly/a9KVMM).
Both positions are based in the heart of never-sleeping Tokyo.
LM3LABS and partners are thrilled to introduce the Tokyo Interactive Center (TinC), Tokyo’s first community dedicated to interaction and user experience (UX).
We hear more and more about “interactivity”, “touch” or “experience” from many different areas, from researchers at universities, large and small technology companies, advertising agencies, creators and artists and of course end-users, thanks in no small part to the success of the iPhone and other “multi-touch” appliances.
But all these different audiences never got the chance to meet and exchange their views on interactivity. Until now. The TinC is the first place where all interested parties can meet and work together.
For LM3LABS and other founding partners, interactivity is not (only) futuristic touch-screens as in the movie Minority Report. Interactivity is already available today in many form factors and there is much more than just “touch” to provide a unique user experience. The goal of the TinC is to showcase what is possible today, and to imagine the future applications of interactivity. TinC’s founding partners are looking forward to a productive discussion between architects, artists, researchers, universities, technologists and more.
In the coming weeks, we will give more details on what we have in store for the Center. There is a lot coming in 2010, so watch this space!
We are igniting a series of updates and new software releases, starting today with the ubiq’window 2.6 Pack (Development Kit and Reader).
The new version comes with a fresher look and new features:
- new gestures
- Windows 7 compliance
- a calibration mode which significantly reduces installation time
- usage statistics
- improved robustness
…and tons of little improvements.
The 2.6 Pack comes free to existing ubiq’window owners and is shipping now with new equipments.
The pack comes in English, Japanese and French.
With 1000′s of units shipped around the world, ubiq’window remains the leading (…and unique) proximity touchless technology for precise interactivity, 100% based on computer vision.
In the next weeks, LM3LABS will release new software for partners and ubiq’window application developers, stay tuned…
LM3LABS’ team is delighted to annonce the launch a new Catchyoo FX called “The Koi Pond” (鯉の池 in Japanese).
The Koi Pond FX Pack lets user create multiple combinations of Japanese style interactive environments using ‘Koi’ (carp in Japanese), ‘Kingyo’ (gold fish) as well as seasonable particles like ‘Sakura’ petals, ‘Momiji’ leaves, gorgeous kimono silk and other typical Japanese elements.
Each element of the pack is carefully studied to match the scene to create strong impact and magnificient result.
In Japanese symbolism the koi represents perseverance in adversity and strength of purpose. The strongest koi swims upstream until it reaches the final waterfall, where it vaults into the mists and becomes a water dragon.
A few years after serving Black Eyes Peas, Catchyoo Reloaded is featured by Japanese band Remioromen‘s clip, a band who ranks #2 in 2010 Japanese charts (their album was #1 in 2009).
