Straight out of "Minority Report"

[roseembolism]

According to Tor.com, one of the film's science advisers has formed a company that is actually trying to make a reality of the coolest thing in that film: the special computer interface that uses arm gestures to manipulate images. It DOES look neat:

However, I'm not sure how practical it would be in real life: aside from accidentally moving the image when I twitch or respond to someone, I'd have concerns about having to stay standing for long periods of time. Still, it might be useful for people who do heavy image manipulation, like Cadcam or CGI artists.

Comments

[mrteufel.livejournal.com]

Hmm, it does look pretty.

Battlefield map?

Air Traffic Control?

[roseembolism.livejournal.com]

Hum. I wonder how it would respond or display alert messages. Definitely it would be excellent for anything where one has to manipulate a view...architecture, mining, archaeology, meteorology...hmm, I guess there might be a lot of applications after all.