IEEE news: HOLLYWOOD IMAGINATIONS JUMPS OUT INTO REAL LIFE

Resembling the system Tom Cruise used in Steven Spielberg’s film Minority Report, Gesture Studios has developed a system they call GoodPoint using a technology called motion capture, which film studios and video game makers have used for years to make computer-animated characters appear more realistic. The interface featured in Minority Report is just what Gesture is selling to companies using cameras to track hand movements and translate them into computer instructions to create presentations at the 14,000 trade shows and conferences in the U.S. each year. The technology is now bursting out of Hollywood and changing the way consumers interact with home electronics. The technology has also been adopted by advertisers to create interactive displays. To read more, visit: the link.