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TED Talks: Minority Report Comes to Life, The Future of UI

Rina — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:00:15 +0000

We all remember that amazing interface from Minority Report. (Wow, has it been 8 years already?) Since then, we may have seen experiments and tests done that could simulate or partially recreate elements from that brilliant system. And while they were really interesting and hopeful, they were nothing anyone could actually imagine using on a daily basis. Now, John Underkoffler presents us with the beginnings of an actually useable, viable prototype for such an interface. OK, so the next new iMac won’t include this technology, but it will definitely come sooner than we think. Watch below or Watch on TED | Watch on iTunes

From TED.com:
Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak — the real-life version of the film’s eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this how tomorrow’s computers will be controlled?

Milk and Polys.

Rina — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:10:59 +0000

Leche is fixed! I got some help and the smudges are gone. He looks great!
I’m mostly finished with this guy. There are some smudging problems still. Maybe with the UV map? I don’t know. I’ll get help from an expert. HA.

View 1200 x 1040

Oh, I forgot the blobman.

Rina — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:19:09 +0000

I was learning a technique and playing with a script. I ended up making this silly guy.

I’m a cow. Moo.

Rina — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:09:53 +0000

Work in progress. I just started this model of a moofia character, Leche, created by tokidoki.

Machine Screw

Rina — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:14:21 +0000

Apparently the tutorial I chose to do was harder than I thought… and the guy demonstrating was going really fast, using shortcuts/key commands. He also used some (downloaded) scripts, which I did not have. Some of my geometry wasn’t matching up, so i had to just go with it. The material is just a preset so I could preview this thing. I’m not going near materials yet. That’s crazy stuff.

Bah. It is what it is. At least it looks like a screw and not a shrew.

UPDATED: I got some tips from Matt and I made a desktop. Hooray. Download the 1920×1200.

Kirby-ish Monsty

Rina — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:54:30 +0000

I took a break from cleaning for about 10 minutes earlier today and made this little guy. I’m sure I made him all wrong. That’s why I have to watch more tutorials. HA! He’s cute though.

I’m going to learn how to model in 3D

Rina — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:28:05 +0000

Or at least that’s the plan. I never thought I could do it, but I think I’m ready. I don’t need to be the next best Pixar animator, just do some nice simple modeling that will help me when I design.

I have some buddies in CA who are also designers. They’ve been trying to get me to use Cinema 4D. So I tried it out and it seemed pretty cool. I made this that first day.

Then I got to talking with our (amazing) 3D artist Matt (at Rokkan). He was telling me to use another program for modeling, modo. I downloaded a demo and he made me a tutorial and gave me a quick overview. So I made a glass with some “coffee.”

OK, so it’s not that great, but it was my first (real) attempt! Ha!

modo really felt like something I could get into. The interface is really nice, customizable too. I got some other tutorials and I’m really looking forward to spending some time learning. It’s pretty powerful too. Check out what Gelmi does. Brilliant!

Maybe one day I’ll get back into Cinema 4D, but for now I’m all excited about modo.