First came the mouse, then touch-screen technology. And if Silicon-Valley-based zSpace has its way, the next leap in human-computer interaction will look like something out of your local IMAX Theater.
The company calls it “immersive exploration.” In real terms, zSpace’s eponymous flagship product is a tablet-software combination that allows students to view and manipulate hologram-like three-dimensional images. Moviegoers will recognize the custom glasses users wear to summon forth images from a blurry, 2D existence. Less familiar is the stylus pen, with which clients can rotate, undress, label, and animate the figures floating before them.
by Avi Wolfman-Arent
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