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Hello TUX!
A reminder that tomorrow we will have a member presentation by Roel Vertegaal. The details of the talk are below. The talk will be in the DGP Lab in the Department of Computer Science at U of T (5th Floor, 40 St. George St.). We look forward to seeing you there!
Ali, Daniel, Khai and Tovi
Tuesday, November 22 at 12:30pm, Tux Proudly Presents: Roel Vertegaal
*DGP Lab, Department of Computer Science at U of T @ 40 St. George St. 5th Floor*
Lunch reception begins at 12:30pm. Presentation begins at 1pm.
*Towards Real Reality Interfaces: From Interactive Light Fields to Programmable Matter*
The current hype cycle of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) fails to recognize the inherent problem with these technologies: That they require alteration of the human perceptive channels in order to achieve the illusion of immersion in a virtual world. This requirement leads not only to bulky head mounted displays, but also to cumbersome tracking technologies to keep these displays in sync with the user's movements. At the Human Media Lab in Kingston, Ontario, we have been working since 2004 on an alternate approach: Modifying the real world, by turning physical materials into programmable software objects. I will begin with our first attempts, which utilized dynamic projection mapping to imbue solid objects, paper and textiles with high resolution interactive displays. Next, I will discuss our use of conforming flexible displays to create digital skins that allow objects of any shape to appear like a display without the need for projection or tracking. I will then discuss our recent progress in developing light field displays that allow glasses-free, head tracking free stereoscopic images with motion parallax on any object. I will conclude with a discussion of our work on programmable matter, via self-levitating physical voxels.
*Bio*
Dr. Roel Vertegaal is a Professor of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) at Queen’s University’s School of Computing in Kingston, Ontario, and director of the Human Media Laboratory. He is also CEO of Xuuk, inc., a startup that develops ubiquitous eye input applications. Roel’s first degree is in electronic music from Utrecht Conservatory in The Netherlands. He did an MSc in computing in Britain, studied design in the hague, and holds a PhD in HCI from Twente University. Roel is one of the world’s experts on eye communication between humans, and between humans and technology. His work on Attentive User Interfaces (AUI) [Google TechTalk] was featured in media across the globe, from Good Morning America to Scientific American. Roel helped create the first north-american conference on eye tracking (ACM ETRA), established alt.chi as the alternative papers venue at the annual ACM CHI conference and advised the National Academy of Sciences. his current interest is in Organic User Interfaces (OUI).
“In the near future, a computer will have any shape or form, and flexible computer displays will start appearing on any product of any form. These Organic User Interfaces will be completely embedded in real world interactions.”
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