I know it’s very esoteric and all, but I (and tons of other CEATEC 2008 attendees) really loved Panasonic’s super-futuristic LiveWall prototype.
What you can see in the videos below is a wall-sized screen (LifeWall) that detects users anywhere they go in the room it’s installed in through face recognition. AT CES, Panasonic called this concept “You-know-me-TV” and “Stay-with-me-TV”, respectively, which sounds kind of creepy.
Users operate the LifeWall by arm motions, much like Tom Cruise in Minority Report’s famous “cyber-display” scene.
LifeWall is good for:
- making video-calls (the people you speak to are displayed life-sized)
- viewing, zooming, dragging and dropping pictures
- accessing the Internet
- playing video games (the system recognizes your body movements)
- using it as a huge virtual “wallpaper”
- enhancing home security (you can install cameras anywhere in the house and link them to LifeWall)
Panasonic’s answer to my question when LifeWall will be commercialized: “Maybe in 5 years, maybe never.”
Video 1: Basic controls and functions
Video 2: Viewing and choosing pictures
Video 3: Web access and video call (this is just awesome)
I think an entire wall may be too much, but having 1 poster sized area in every room would be very cool.
Plus, think of all the “Precrime” we could solve!
you know, with how far the community has come with making at home touch screens using projectors and webcams with their IR sensors removed, this could “possibly” be made by using two computers side by side barring that the other side of the wall was closets or something to project through. It wouldn’t be as tidy as that display is, but it could still be done.
super futuristic!