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But the glass projection looked fascinating.
He feels to me like he's really pushing the boundaries of human innovation.
Why overselling? Because the precision provided by that tool (as shown in the video) is surely not enough to achieve anything other than reviewing CAD models.
3D design tries to work around the problem of working with 2D screens by showing multiple sides at once (Front/Left/Top/Perspective). You have to adjust objects in at least 2 screens to get it right, which isn't a perfect solution as well.
Sorry guys. While the "concept" is nice, i think this is quite overselling a new "manifacturing" process which obviously (at least for anyone who has any CAD modeling and manifacturing experience) is far from being anyhow usable in industry. Why overselling? Because the precision provided by that tool (as shown in the video) is surely not enough to achieve anything other than reviewing CAD models.
Oculus Rift / or a normal Display and MS Kinnect make it obviously usable for a mass of users.
Only the Software has to support the kind of IO.
This looks nice, but I doubt that it's really much more productive than the usual 3D mice (SpaceMouse) setup that almost every CAD shop uses. Just like touchscreens are hardly superior to ordinary mice, when you can afford to lug the latter about. And much more prone to gorilla arm syndrome. So for a desk, this is probably no big win. Maybe for some kind of highly integrated CAVE setup, where you'd be wandering about…
I don't do 3D modelling so I'm not sure if this would actually be an improvement, but getting the other hand into play seems like a good jump from regular one-handed mouse-intensive work.
This looks nice, but I doubt that it's really much more productive than the usual 3D mice (SpaceMouse) setup that almost every CAD shop uses. Just like touchscreens are hardly superior to ordinary mice, when you can afford to lug the latter about. And much more prone to gorilla arm syndrome. So for a desk, this is probably no big win. Maybe for some kind of highly integrated CAVE setup, where you'd be wandering about…
What if this technology simply let you rotate, pan, zoom, etc. using your other hand, which would otherwise be unused? I don't do 3D modelling so I'm not sure if this would actually be an improvement, but getting the other hand into play seems like a good jump from regular one-handed mouse-intensive work.