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Interested in user interface design, tools for artists, and ways of life. UI programmer and UX designer by trade.

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Alternate Tech World
Alternate Tech World Achraf Kassioui Assume the following hardware is widely packaged and distributed: - Mini cameras, <$50, 1-3 cm - Mini video projectors, <$150, 10-15 cm - Mini speakers, <$50, 5-10 cm - Controllers and gizmos we can hold and manipulate with our hands: laser pointer, wheel, joystick, keyboard, wearable motion sensors, and various physical contraptions designed for fine control or coarse gestures - Mobile computers such as smartphones and tablets Scenarios: - Pick up a projector and point it at a surface. Place a camera nearby. Grab a pointer and click on the surface. Take a keyboard and type. The note appears via the projector. Pick up the smartphone or tablet, select the setup you’ve made with the recently activated devices, and fine-tune it: display an image or video, edit the text, run a program. Repeat this setup as often as needed, depending on how many devices and how much physical space you have. - Pick your tablet, open an animation app, and select an animatable rig. Position multiple mini cameras around you, or wear motion capture sensors, then control the rig with your hand or body movement. If the rig accepts other kinds of inputs, choose from the variety of physical controllers you have around the room. - Pick your smartphone and open the automation app. Type: if a bird lands on my window sill, let me know." Position a camera facing the window, and select its feed in the app. Place a mini speaker near the window, then edit the automation to add: "play a cat sound on the speaker next to the camera."
October 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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What a wonderful time with legend Ivan Sutherland, such style and elegance:

youtu.be/Bjr7qLeyvlw
Oral History of Ivan Sutherland, part 1 of 2
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
youtu.be
January 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM