Innovators Turning Point
It's a grand vision: Oblong Industries founders John Underkoffler and Kwindla Kramer want to render the mouse obsolete. Underkoffler, the science adviser to the film Minority Report, is developing gesture-based technology in real life. In addition to highlighting the amazing stuff the gang at Oblong is doing, the show takes you through the history of how the innovation that is called Oblong’s g-speak Spatial Operating Environment was created. As part of this, you get to see some pictures of John Underkoffler 20 years ago in the Media Lab working on the Luminous Room along with some background on John’s work on the movie Minority Report.
Primary Title
- Innovators
Secondary Title
- Turning Point
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 16 May 2010
Start Time
- 01 : 00
Finish Time
- 01 : 30
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- Bloomberg TV Asia Pacific
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- It's a grand vision: Oblong Industries founders John Underkoffler and Kwindla Kramer want to render the mouse obsolete. Underkoffler, the science adviser to the film Minority Report, is developing gesture-based technology in real life. In addition to highlighting the amazing stuff the gang at Oblong is doing, the show takes you through the history of how the innovation that is called Oblong’s g-speak Spatial Operating Environment was created. As part of this, you get to see some pictures of John Underkoffler 20 years ago in the Media Lab working on the Luminous Room along with some background on John’s work on the movie Minority Report.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Augmented reality
Genres
- Documentary
Hosts
- Cris Valerio (Presenter)
Contributors
- Elizabeth Gould (Producer)
- Bloomberg (Production Unit)
- John Underkoffler (Interviewee)
- Kwindla Kramer (Interviewee)
Subjects
- Augmented reality