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oblong industries, inc.
The Minority Report Technology is here!
Oblong Industries developped an interface to manipulate complex datasets with the hands.
General article here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457208,00.html
and here: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/oblong-industries/
Videos here: http://vimeo.com/user922585
Jamie Zigelbaum’s page at the MIT Media Lab: http://zig.media.mit.edu/Work/G-stalt
Including this “manual”:
More on Oblong products and services:
http://www.oblong.com/article/086E19gPvDcktAf9.html
About
Oblong Industries is the developer of the g-speak spatial operating environment.
The SOE’s combination of gestural i/o, recombinant networking, and real-world pixels offers the first major step in computer interface since 1984.
Oblong helps clients deploy SOE-based solutions to real-world problems, including:
- analysis of large data sets
- operation of three-dimensional interfaces
- construction of efficient multi-user collaborative applications
- integration of large screens and multiple computers into room- and building-scale work environments
- development of large-scale applications that run interactively across enterprise networks
Next-generation Computing
The g-speak platform is in use today at Fortune 50 companies, government agencies and universities. Application areas include:
- Financial services
- Telepresence
- Network operations centers
- Logistics and supply chain management
- Military and intelligence
- Automotive
- Natural resource exploration
- Data mining and analytics
- Medical imaging
- High-touch retail
- Trade shows and theatrical presentations
- Consumer electronics interfaces
Oblong delivers room-sized and single-user g-speak environments as turnkey products.
A software development kit that runs on both Linux and Mac OS X is available. Applications are source-compatible across both operating systems and can run on ordinary desktop and laptop computers in addition to gesturally-equipped g-speak machines and clusters.
Oblong also works closely with partners to develop and deliver applications and integrated solutions.
June 4, 2010
Microsoft Office Labs vision 2019 (montage + video) – istartedsomething
Today at the Wharton Business Technology Conference, Microsoft’s Business Division president Stephen Elop unveiled the latest production from Microsoft Office Labs called “2019″, starring stock photo men, women and children playing with the next-generation of communication, collaboration and production technologies.
More in this deck by Stephen Elop: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/download/exec/elop/2009/02-27ElopWhartonKEynote.ppt
June 4, 2010
Chris Harrison - Skinput
In the paper linked below, we present our research on Skinput – a method that allows the body to be appropriated for finger input using a novel, non-invasive, wearable bio-acoustic sensor.
June 3, 2010
Citysearch Transforms into CityGrid Media
In a bid to become a local advertising powerhouse, Internet conglomerate IAC is merging Citysearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon into one company. It is now known as CityGrid Media.
Back in January, Citysearch unveiled CityGrid an advertising network for local businesses. The CityGrid advertising network has existed for years, but it only recently opened up the platform so that advertisers could better target consumers of local communities and publications.
Since January, CityGrid’s growth has exploded, delivering more than half of Citysearch’s total revenue. As CEO Jay Herratti told me, Citysearch has been slowly reshaping its strategy, focusing less on competitors such as Yelp (
) and more on the advertising platform.
The new company will take the place of Citysearch, LLC, with Jay Herratti taking the helm of CityGrid Media. The entity owns not only the CityGrid advertising network, but Citysearch, Urbanspoon (acquired in 2009) and Insider Pages, all of which use the CityGrid ad network.
The move seems to indicate that IAC believes the market and revenue opportunities are in the local advertising network, and the reorganization reflects that attitude. Yelp, Foursquare (), and other apps have really pushed the local trend to new heights, and CityGrid is well positioned to monetize that phenomenon.
April 15, 2010
Kwaga BirdsEye: See What Matters in your Inboxes
Kwaga™ BirdsEye singles out your important emails and delivers them to you anywhere - even while you work in other applications! This desktop notifier singles out important emails (only the ones that matter) even when your email apps are closed! You’ll know the moment an email worth your while has been sent to any one of your email addresses - without ever opening your email apps!
October 15, 2009
Youtego Private Beta - Make friends through self visualization
Youtego encourages users to upload photos from Flickr, Picasa and their hard drives that best represent them. Users add information about their job and work history, knowledge base, capabilities and loves. A complete user profile encompasses a series of images and meta data, and friend recommendations are determined by similar tags, images and common concepts.
Private beta pass: youtego.com/reg/readwriteweb
October 15, 2009
Crazy Egg – visualize your visitors
Supplement your analytics with stunning visuals and actionable data:
- See where people clicked on your site. The heatmap tells you what’s hot and what’s not, so you can make changes that matter.
- Dig a little deeper and find out where people click based upon the things like: Top 15 Referrers, Search Terms, Operating System, Browser, etc…
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