Tech demo’s at TEDxAmsterdam
A TEDx conference is no fun without some cool new tech demo’s. To honour the T in TED, the following dazzling acts of technical imagination will take the stage.
3DRange. 3D range cameras produce thousands distance measures in one picture, and produces up to 100 pictures per second. The result is an animated point cloud, where the shape of the filmed object (e.g. a person) is easily recognized. Normally, we use these point clouds for measuring deformations of tunnels, analyzing structures of trees or simulating flood planes. Here, we will use it to for visualization purposes to give the audience an insight in the possibilities of point clouds.
- Alexander Bucksch, Researcher@Delft University of Technology, Chair Optical and Laser Remote Sensing
- Daniel Berio, designer, Insidia, real-time 3D games
Layar. The Layar Reality Browser displays real time digital information on top of reality in the camera screen of the mobile phone. While looking through the phone’s camera lens, a user can see houses for sale, popular bars and shops, tourist information, play a live game, etcetera. The Layar platform serves as an enabler for mobile location services – any database with geo-location information can easily be turned in a content layer. Layar recently announced the addition of 3D capabilities to its augmented reality browser platform. With 3D, developers can tag real-life objects with 3D text, place 3D objects in real-world space, and create multi-sensory experiences
- Claire Boonstra, co-founder Layar
Layar
Alpha World of Warcraft. αWoW (Alpha World of Warcraft) is an application that extracts your state of mind and applies this information in the actual game. By means of relaxing or agitating yourself you are able to control the shape of your character in World of Warcraft, you will change from elf to bear depending on what is measured on your head.
- Danny Plass, PhD Student at University of Twente
- Bram van der Laar, PhD Student at University of Twente
Wattcher. The Wattcher is a product that displays the electricity consumption in the home allowing you to monitor and curb energy use. Marcel Wanders designed the Wattcher with the thinking that it could become ‘the heart of the home’. The Wattcher is more than just a product: it is a strategy that stimulates awareness.
- Gernhout Erens, Innovaders Amsterdam
Wattcher
Yellowbird. Yellowbird technology allows for a totally interactive 3D view. A view that reaches beyond today’s standard perspective and that is experienced by viewers as if they are floating. Just like a bird soaring through the sky.
- Rafaël Redczus, Yellowbird
Yellowbird
frog design. During and after TEDxAmsterdam frog design is offering all delegates a mobile matchmaking service. Get your picture taken in the marble hall, and download the application to your smart phone. You will be able to see the who’s who of TEDxAmsterdam. Connect to like minded souls, browse through a visual network, and make new friends!
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