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SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
Sixth Sense is a Wearable Gestural Interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information
It was developed by Pranav Mistry, a PhD student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab.
SixthSense Bridges The Gap by bringing intangible, digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to interact with this information via natural hand
SixthSense comprises A Pocket Projector, A Mirror, A Camera and Colored markers. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device
WHY SIXTH SENSE?
COMPONENTS
The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device.
1. Camera
2. Mobile
3. Projector
4. Mirror
5. Colored Markers
CAMERA
• Captures an object in view and Tracks the users hand gestures
• It sends the data to smart phone
• It acts as a Digital Eye, connecting you to the world of digital information
SMART PHONE
1. A Web-enabled smart phone in the users pocket processes the video data
2. Other software searches the Web and interprets the hand gestures
Projector
• The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces and physical
objects to be used as interfaces
• The project itself contains a battery inside, with 3 hours of battery life.
• A tiny LED projector displays data sent from the smart phone on any surface in view-object, wall, or person
Mirror
The usage of the mirror is significant as the projector dangles pointing downwards from the neck.
Color Markers
• It is at the tip of the user’s fingers .
• Marking the user’s fingers with red, yellow, green, and blue tape helps the webcam recognize gestures
• The movements and arrangements of these makers are interpreted into gestures that act as interaction instructions for the projected application interfaces.