ILoveSketch: The future of design drawing?

via Core77

IloveSketch essentially lets you draw while rotating your "paper" in 3D.

Samsung's Holographic Gesture-Based Technology

via Gizmodo by Dan Nosowitz on 7/22/09



At the announcement of their new superfast Jet phone, Samsung used used Project Natal-esque holographic gestures for effect. The Jet seems cool, but we just want to hear more about the holographic gimmickry!

Designed by Korean firm D'strict, the tech is a combination of infrared motion sensing and 3D imagery, pretty much like Microsoft's Project Natal. It's not quite as seamless as Natal, but given that it's main purpose is just to add a little flash to a cellphone announcement, we're awfully impressed—and distracted. Check out the video below for a clip of one of the announcements, and you'll see what we mean. [Fast Company]

Latest Microsoft futuristic tech tease

via Core77 on 7/21/09

To me, watching demos of futuristic Microsoft technology is like going to a strip club; you can covet all you want, but none of what you see is actually going to end up back at your place.

Nevertheless, here's the latest video purporting to show how Microsoft's Windows Touch technology is going to revolutionize design and engineering, in partnership with SpaceClaim 3D Direct Modeling solutions:

3D Blu-Ray Camcorder Concept

via Gizmodo by Jesus Diaz on 5/20/09

3D video technology is never ever going to take off until they put the cameras in the hands of normal people + Nothing says entertainment like three-dimensional boobs = I want this 3D camera.

I love the looks and the functionality of this concept by Nikola Knezevic, a 3D camcorder that records straight to a Blu-Ray disc in high definition. I don't want to have it just because it looks pretty or because I like the idea of consumer 3D video. No, I want it because it would let me play Han Solo hunting Imperial Droids in Hoth. [Nikola Design via Tuvie]

This Is a Mouse

via Gizmodo by John Mahoney on 4/16/09

The 3DConnexion Spacepillot Pro, specifically. It takes 3DConnex's previous SpaceNavigator knob and adds just about everything else a CAD pro, Pixar artist or Second Life sex addict could ever need.

Since I am none of these things, the spec page whirs just above my head. But the inclusion of a mini LCD screen for checking mail and selecting workflow macros is pretty great, as is just about every programmable custom function you could imagine. Mike, a Canadian CAD wizard, knows more than I, and he has a comprehensive review here. It's $500. [3DConnexion via Oh Gizmo, Design Engineering Review]