VOTW: Multi-toe Action with a Touchfloor Keyboard
Multitoe – let your shoes to the typing.
Multitouch has taken over the smartphone world and with the arrival of Windows 7 and tablets like the HP Slate and the iPad, we're seeing the technology in bigger devices a lot more frequently. So what comes after multitouch? Multitoe, of course!
The video below shows a demonstration of multitoe interaction, the brainchild of Professor Patrick Baudisch and the Human-Computer Interaction Group at Hasso Plattner Institute. Integrating high-resolution multitouch technology and back-projected floors, the team created a large, touch surface that recognizes the soles of the users shoes and allows them to manipulate controls using just their feet.
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mavanhel HAHA! "Rofessor" makes it sound like Scooby-Doo wrote this article :PReply
But seriously, this is amazing and looks like it could be very entertaining. -
2zao just makes me think of the future of homes...Reply
walking around your house could be an interactive experience in the future!! -
sliem @mavanhel Rrofessor. Lol you are right. Scooby doo.Reply
They need bigger buttons for toes as feet as not at all flexible compared to fingers. -
JMcEntegart mavanhelHAHA! "Rofessor" makes it sound like Scooby-Doo wrote this article But seriously, this is amazing and looks like it could be very entertaining.sliem@mavanhel Rrofessor. Lol you are right. Scooby doo.They need bigger buttons for toes as feet as not at all flexible compared to fingers.Reply
Ruh-roh!
All fixed. :) -
kokin All they did was model people with shoes. How about people with just socks or who are barefooted?Reply