Comments on: Camera-based interaction on a Magalhães netbook http://www.ydreams.com/blog/2009/03/24/camera-based-interaction-on-a-magalhaes-netbook/ The official company blog about technology, projects, corporate life and all things YDreams Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:57:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: André Lapa http://www.ydreams.com/blog/2009/03/24/camera-based-interaction-on-a-magalhaes-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1639 André Lapa Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:50:03 +0000 http://www.ydreams.com/blog/?p=293#comment-1639 well, it does look good. It's also good that we are going in a slightly different direction. :) well, it does look good. It’s also good that we are going in a slightly different direction. :)

]]> By: Pedro Costa http://www.ydreams.com/blog/2009/03/24/camera-based-interaction-on-a-magalhaes-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1632 Pedro Costa Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:53:30 +0000 http://www.ydreams.com/blog/?p=293#comment-1632 Remember my last post? Seems the bar just got raised :) Microsoft just presented Project Natal at E3. A couple of video feeds: http://www.neowin.net/news/gamers/09/06/01/microsoft-introduces-controller-free-gaming-project-natal Remember my last post? Seems the bar just got raised :)

Microsoft just presented Project Natal at E3. A couple of video feeds:

http://www.neowin.net/news/gamers/09/06/01/microsoft-introduces-controller-free-gaming-project-natal

]]> By: Pedro Costa http://www.ydreams.com/blog/2009/03/24/camera-based-interaction-on-a-magalhaes-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1566 Pedro Costa Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:46:53 +0000 http://www.ydreams.com/blog/?p=293#comment-1566 "Impressive... Most impressive" (sic Darth Vader) Technology wise it's great to see a powerful and sophisticated platform such as YVision work on an entry level notebook. I can see many couch potatoes just grinning at the mere thought of controlling one's media center without having to use the remote, just gestures. One a more serious note, the potential for applications is immense, either in games and applications. Think PowerPoint presentations that can be controlled by the speaker without physical input and that can interact with the audience, so many possibilities. Really exciting, congratulations. “Impressive… Most impressive” (sic Darth Vader)

Technology wise it’s great to see a powerful and sophisticated platform such as YVision work on an entry level notebook. I can see many couch potatoes just grinning at the mere thought of controlling one’s media center without having to use the remote, just gestures.

One a more serious note, the potential for applications is immense, either in games and applications. Think PowerPoint presentations that can be controlled by the speaker without physical input and that can interact with the audience, so many possibilities.

Really exciting, congratulations.

]]> By: Maria Palma http://www.ydreams.com/blog/2009/03/24/camera-based-interaction-on-a-magalhaes-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1564 Maria Palma Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:51:53 +0000 http://www.ydreams.com/blog/?p=293#comment-1564 No, we aren’t planning on developing games and other apps specifically for the Magalhães netbook. We chose Magalhães as a good example of how an extremely sofisticated and versatile platform such as YVision, could run so smoothly on a smaller, less powerful netbook. No, we aren’t planning on developing games and other apps specifically for the Magalhães netbook. We chose Magalhães as a good example of how an extremely sofisticated and versatile platform such as YVision, could run so smoothly on a smaller, less powerful netbook.

]]> By: D http://www.ydreams.com/blog/2009/03/24/camera-based-interaction-on-a-magalhaes-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-1561 D Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:47:32 +0000 http://www.ydreams.com/blog/?p=293#comment-1561 The fist app reminds me of the 1999 Interactive Installation "Text Rain" by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv. http://www.camilleutterback.com/textrain.html Are you guys actively developing 'games' and other sort of apps specifically for this 'plataform' Magalhães? I can see it already "Game Developed for Magalhães" or "Magalhães Software" .. actually, now that I think about it, it isn't that strange that you are actually developing apps and games for it, as we are talking about a machine with standard specs across the line, cheap and sponsored by the state and the word-of-the-mouth atm and we are talking a potential market of thousands of people. :O The fist app reminds me of the 1999 Interactive Installation “Text Rain” by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv. http://www.camilleutterback.com/textrain.html

Are you guys actively developing ‘games’ and other sort of apps specifically for this ‘plataform’ Magalhães? I can see it already “Game Developed for Magalhães” or “Magalhães Software” .. actually, now that I think about it, it isn’t that strange that you are actually developing apps and games for it, as we are talking about a machine with standard specs across the line, cheap and sponsored by the state and the word-of-the-mouth atm and we are talking a potential market of thousands of people. :O

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