There is a group of developers working on some insane applications that interact with webcams. I blogged about a similar technology Microsoft is working on for X-Box 360 here. Now a similar controller is available from CampSpace. I haven't had a chance to try it but based on the video samples on their site, the technology looks fun, even if it's just for the novelty of using a water bottle as a steering wheel.
In the past couple of days I have come across a number of people who are working on object-based flash apps. This stuff is bridging the gap between today and a "Minority Report" world. Check out the work of Alex Milde, using color tracking in flash to manipulate a display in real time.
The technology below is called SURF (Speeded Up Robust Features) and according to Wikipedia, can be used in computer vision tasks like object recognition or 3D reconstruction. This is sick stuff.
More flash work is on Alex's blog here. What kind of applications do you think this stuff can be used for...other than gaming? Sound off in the comments.
July 10, 2009
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