GESTURE SEARCH: MINORITY REPORT INTERFACE BACKGROUND

MINORITY REPORT INTERFACE DESIGN -- who did what-- and where is it in real life? Big question that I've been looking at in preparation for my panel on Thursday, March 30 at DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD on what I'm calling -- "Where is Your Content? Who has the stuff? In the Digital Hollywood www.digitalhollywood.com printed catalog and online it is called "Desktop Browser & Search As Application Platform: Gateway to Information and Entertainment, 11:05 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Palisades Ballroom, Loew's Santa Monica Hotel (if you're interested in sitting in on the presentation or getting a copy later email me NOW at [email protected].).

Still photo of Tom Cruise searching for info in MINORITY REPORT -- showing gesture technology interface now similar to the one being developed at G-speak (www.g-speak.com) in Los Angeles.

SO WHO DESIGNED THE INTERFACE FOR THE FILM? After much research I've come up with the following info. If you readers know more and want to clarify, please note in the comments to this blog or email me directly at [email protected]. Thank you. Links provided on the www.g-speak website include the following media:

• CNN – 19 April 2005
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• CBS – 23 August 2005
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text about g-speak www.gspeak.com

• Wall Street Journal – 12 April 2005
• ProAV – July 2005
• Boston Globe – 26 September 2005

MORE INFO ON THE INTERFACE FROM MINORITY REPORT: In this entry found on Google from www.lukew.com it gives more specifics about the interface: : Functioning Form - The Minority Report Interface

It’s also a vision found in The Minority Report. ... “John Underkoffler set out to create a 'gestural' method of input, whereby specific hand movements ...www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?104 - 13k - Cached - MICROSOFT RESEARCH, MIT and Several Other Design Shops HAD SAY: Microsoft Research, MIT and several other design shops are cited in Luke W's blog. Luke W cites: *StarfireSun Microsystems’ 1992 project (and video prototype) Luke W notes that Schematic creative director, Dale Herigstad,commissioned by Minority Report director Steven Spielberg for conceptual design for the film; specifically around the area of user interface.” This Luke W blog also cites: Katherine Jones “One of the brainiac designers behind all those futurama interface concepts in Minority Report" MIT Luke also refers to Underkoffler who he says used MIT technology.... “John Underkoffler set out to create a 'gestural" method of input" A SALON.com story explains: Helping (Andy) McDowell achieve the look and ideas of the film were a coterie of self-styled futurists assembled by Spielberg prior to filming. This "think tank summit" (as it's been widely dubbed) hosted a cross section of philosophers, scientists and artists. According to onlinebranding.org: "This three-day think tank summit consisted of a cross section of 23 philosophers, scientists and led by led by John Underkoffler, a researcher at MIT's prestigious Media Lab. AFTER MINORITY REPORT: RAYTHEON EMPLOYS UNDERKOFFLER Minority Report Glove Interface From Raytheon: Science Fiction in ... Cached - A recent article from CBS News talks about G-Speak's progress: Minority Report Glove Interface From Raytheon re: Philip K. Dick on 4/18/2005: ... Raytheon has gone so far as to employ John Underkoffler, a researcher who ... www.technovelgy.com/ct/ Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=373 - 18k -