Kinect Window Wanderland
Window Wanderland? Initially, when I saw a flyer for Window Wanderland I didn’t intend for this to be a Kinect project at all. I was going to do a mechanical moving background of gently rising jellyfish silhouetted with seaweed floating…
Kinectathon London, March 2015
*** UPDATE *** We’re full but DO add your name to the waitlist – more places will become available. *** UPDATE *** Go REGISTER. My colleagues and I in the Microsoft UK Future of Human Computer Interaction team have been…
From people to robots in 12 months?
Whilst I can’t vouch for the authenticity of these videos (as they don’t come directly from an Amazon channel) the sentiment still holds true – the pace with which we’re adopting robot technology is terrifyingly fast. The first video has…
Making waiting at pedestrian crossings more entertaining
Since we removed humans from the road crossing process our junctions and traffic lights for pedestrians have become pretty dull. But here’s 2 examples that make the waiting process a little more entertaining. There is a school of thought that…
Drawing Shakespeare on a Surface Pro 3 using Fresh Paint
A few years back, tablet artist Paul Kerkal introduced me to drawing on a tablet. Windows 8 tablets are particularly well suited to this, especially the new Surface Pro 3 which has over 250 levels of pressure sensitivity and Palm…
Crisp Packet Microphone
To take something very complicated, such as our hearing, and massively simplify it – we don’t hear sound, we feel it. That’s why this piece of video is believable whilst at the same time being jaw-droppingly frightening and wow at…
Firefighting shot on 4k cameras at 1000 fps
Go full screen. This is incredible. – First footage from the new Phantom Flex4K – “Let me know when you see Fire” from Gregory Wilson on Vimeo.
What’s the best smartphone for recording audio?
The Lumia 1520 and Lumia Icon are undisputed industry leaders in sound recording performance. Both carry four integrated high-performance digital microphones that never distort, yet boast a low noise floor. The in-house DSP algorithms provide directional stereo recording, accurate localization…
Quick generation of Windows 8 app tile and visual assets
In order to take advantage of the different screen resolutions and pixel densities that your Windows apps will be displayed at, you’ll need to output some of your apps’ bitmap assets at different sizes – this is to factor in…
Sound travels faster than light
I’ve spoken at a few conferences recently about the use of audio feedback in products. I say products, because this thinking spreads across both physical and digital interactions. One of my arguments for why we should care about audio feedback…