"SpaceTop" which can use 3D space as work space through display

"SpaceTop" is a technology that can merge two-dimensional space and three-dimensional space and use it as one desktop. It is possible to actually perform actions similar to "You grab and move the display projected in a space without anything by hand" that you see in the world of fiction, and a demonstration movie has been released.

SpaceTop - Jinha Lee MIT Media Lab
http://leejinha.com/SpaceTop

SpaceTop, CHI 2013 on Vimeo


I am using "SpaceTop" instead of "Personal computer display too close".


The screen is transparent, and even if you are projecting an image, you can see a little hand or keyboard on the far side.


Amazing place of SpaceTop is where windows etc can be arranged in a row in three dimensional space. From the side it seems to be just lifting the hand ... ...


Looking through the display this way the window is displayed, you can pull it by hand and move it.


As a mechanism, a depth camera that senses a touch gesture above the head (a camera that catches the depth), a depth camera that checks the movement of the face on the front upper part are attached ... ...


The screen in front of you is transparent, and the space behind it is working space. Also, there is a keyboard for input at hand.


The movement of the finger is perceived like this.


Also supports multi-touch with 10 points.


Face tracking is like this.


In fact it seems like this when peering.


A grid showing the height and the depth is displayed in the workspace, and you can move objects in the space up and down, left and right, back and forth.


It is also possible to display images just like ordinary displays. You can also return to the 3D space at the back like a sliding door.


There is also a virtual touch pad in front of the keyboard and it can be used for operation.


It is also OK to work differently with both hands


SpaceTop was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) student Jinha Lee et al. The core technology will be in 2012See Through 3D DesktopIt was completed as.