What is amazing for the mysterious cube "Cube" developed by Microsoft?

A mysterious cube of 1.2 m square shining glittering in the dark "Cube"Developed by Microsoft. The Cube that reads the movement of the people around by using Kinect and projects the image to the cube seems to be an interactive art of a seemingly common type, but according to the Microsoft staff, "a method that people have not anticipated so far It will be possible to communicate with. " A movie showing details of what is so amazing is released.

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You can see what the mysterious cube "Cube" developed by Microsoft looks at the following movie.

Kinect-Powered Cube Unveiled at Decibel Festival - YouTube


A light-colored cube floating in the dark.


Looking from the front like this.


Polyhedrons shine brilliantly on the screen.


Cube isDecibel FestivalIt is calledElectroAnd one of the type of art that the audience publicized at the visual art festival can participate. "Let's show what's going on inside," Nicole Aguirre, Microsoft's marketing manager, who uses the sucker to remove the screen.


I will further dismantle the foundation.


Inside is like this.


There are 5 CPUs used in the Cube in all.


There are 5 projectors installed, too.


There are 4 Kinects.


Cube is a device that keeps track of the surrounding movement while shedding music, and when a person stands in front of the device, Kinect reads its movement. In one aspect Kinect can track up to the movement of three people.


Two people dancing across a cube.


Although Kinect can read the motion and reproduce it on the Cube, although it can not see directly the person who is on the other side across the Cube dancing, "Since people in different places are made to exist in the same place That means that you can say that.


There are various variations in the image projected on the screen.



Michael Megalli, senior director in Microsoft 's brand strategy, says Cube is "a new canvas that can make creative expression".


Cube was born from the idea like "Mochi drawn in a picture" and it was shaped over months by the hands of people belonging to various centers in Microsoft. Originally we planned to use an LCD display, but with the LCD display as large as Cube the device became fragile, plus it was a problem of too much cost. There was also a problem also in pursuing the beauty of appearance and making "a perfect cube with no joints in the corner".


Overcoming a number of tasks, the team designed seamless cubes with material for image projection and acrylic resin, and created a prototype with less image distortion.


It was a big challenge to integrate the four Kinects into one system. Kinect tracks the movement of people in various places in the room, but even if people change places, the images projected on the Cube must be meaningful to that person, It was difficult to say. Technical Director Josh Santangelo said, "We could only integrate the four Kinect and software with Microsoft."


The team is planning to create even bigger Cube. It is possible to use Cube technology to "communicate in ways that people have not anticipated," and as a new communication tool, further possibilities will be pursued in the future.