Intriguing use of the building block as an interaction method.
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html
http://web.media.mit.edu/~dmerrill/siftables.html
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This seems like it would be fun, but have a very limited application.
More of a novelty item.
It is unclear to me how the interaction of physical blocks actually
makes any tasks easier.
I think the ability to scan gestures and apply them to virtual objects
is much more compelling.
The
Well... I dont know (o;
In my domain of Model Based Design we produce a toolchain called
Simulink. Think of it as visio/omnigraffle for Scientists
Engineers; a graphical representation of the building blocks of a
given system under design.
As the systems we build become more complex the tools
I agree that tangible 3D interactions have a lot of potential, I'm just
focusing on the Siftable blocks specifically.
(And yes, Scott, those are real world applications, but I meant
-applications- in a software sense ;] )
I think they're good to demonstrate an example of what might be
