Elon Musk took the futuristic gesture interface from
Iron Man and made it real (video)
Elon Musk has posted a video showing off Space X’s custom
Iron Man-inspired interface for using hand gestures in the air to design
rockets.
Musk revealed to Iron Man director Jon Favreau on Twitter last
month that the Space X team had seen the interface in the movie and
decided to build it in real life.
The system uses the Leap Motion controller to track hand gestures. Implementations
of the system include a version using 3D glasses, a free-standing glass
projection (as seen in Iron Man) and the Oculus Rift headset for the full virtual reality
experience. To top it all off, the team then printed the part in titanium using
a 3D laser metal printer.
Related: Jayse Hansen on creating UI for The Avengers, touch control, holograms,
Galaga and Project Glass
Image credit: jurvetson / Flickr
Via Nextweb
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