Protos

Browsing CD’s via a 3D application: http://www.steelskies.com/coverflow/

It looks cool on the video – I wonder how it feels to use it.

Another electronic book reader this one is from sony.

I looks good with the “paper like” display – I wonder how they will price it, and in particular I wonder how it feels to read from it.

From the pictures it seems it has a good size.

Flash presentation @ http://products.sel.sony.com/pa/PRS/

3D Tractus: a simple and inexpensive system for interaction and exploration of three-dimensional (3D) data. The device is based on a traditional drawing board-like mechanical structure that can be easily moved up and down while its surface height is being tracked using a simple sensor. Users interact with a tablet or tablet PC that rests on the surface while simultaneously changing its height. The result is direct mapping of virtual and physical spaces allowing intuitive 3D interaction and data exploration. The 3D Tractus allows us to investigate novel 3D interaction techniques based on sketching and drawing as well as intuitive visual indicators and GUI layouts. The 3D Tractus’ simple design concept can be easily adapted to other tabletop systems and the simple nature of the physical interaction allows the design of various exciting applications. We detail here the design and development of the 3D Tractus hardware and software as well as preliminary evaluation of a 3D drawing and sketching application realized using the new tabletop interface.

It seems well made indeed (as seen in this paper)- I wonder how it fells to write on that?

I use a Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet and it ROCKS! – but this team has assembled a natural interaface for 3D modelling by pen…