Emerging Technologies Highlights Alpha Wolf Bill Tomlinson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Imagine if you could become part of an actual wolfpack social group. This installation, featuring compelling characters with a novel multi-person interface in an expressive graphical setting, allows participants to socially interact with a pack of autonomous wolves. It is an extension of previous work by the MIT Media Lab's Synthetic Characters Group on the creation of autonomous virtual creatures. Everywhere Displays Claudio Pinhanez, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Imagine if your work and games were no longer confined to the desktop, but utilized physical space around you. This multi-surface projector uses a rotating mirror to transform any surface into an interactive display.
User interaction is detected by a video camera.
This is a responsive projection of information onto real world surfaces. A rubber sponge and an array of rods display the rigidity distribution of virtual objects. This object-oriented, spherical spatial display captures images of human behavior. The i-ball enables both interactive displays and image communication. It is a collaborative 3D display.