Sixth Sense Technology

SixthSense (also known as WUW: Wear Ur World) is yet another amazing technology that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. The idea has been conceived by Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT Media Lab and has already won an astonishing amount of awards as well as amazing attention through press coverage. In simple words, the Sixth Sense is a mini-projector coupled with a camera and a cellphone, which acts as the computer and your connection to the Cloud - all the information stored on the web.



Information is often confined to paper or computer screens. SixthSense (also known as WUW: Wear Ur World) frees data from these confines and releases it into the world, seamlessly integrating information and reality. With the miniaturization of computing devices we are always connected to the digital world, but there is no link between our interactions with these digital devices and our interactions with the physical world. SixthSense bridges this gap by augmenting the physical world with digital information. It brings intangible information into the tangible world. Using a projector and camera worn as a pendant around the neck, SixthSense sees what you see and visually augments surfaces or objects with which you interact. It projects information onto any surface or object, and allows users to interact with the information through natural hand gestures, arm movements, or with the object itself. SixthSense makes the entire world your computer.



Cudos to Josh Chan for sharing this with me!