Thermal Touch: Touch screens were once considered "exotic" but in recent years the spread of smartphones and tablets has made them an element of everyday life.
The next big thing in the world of technology, as things show, will be wearable devices such as Google Glass headphones, but so far the issue of handling them remains an open issue as there has not been a totally "fit" method / interface interface.
This may change due to the augmented reality Metaio, which is experimenting with an entirely new method, called Thermal Touch.
According to a MIT Technology Review, this method detects the traces of heat that stay behind when someone touches something, which in turn could allow a user to use any kind of surface (from walls to books and tables) to interactive "touch screens".
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Technology combines two είδη καμερών. Μία θερμική κάμερα ανιχνεύει τη θερμότητα που μένει σε μία επιφάνεια από ένα άγγιγμα ενώ ταυτόχρονα μία κάμερα που καταγράφει το ορατό φως καθορίζει τη θέση του αντικειμένου που αγγίζεται, έτσι ώστε το software of Metaio to be able to map this touch in three dimensions.
Both cameras are combined in one device called Optris I 200 which connects to one computer or tablet for the purpose of testing the technology.
Metaio's Daniel Kurtz is optimistic that a sensor of this kind could find his way into smartphones and wearable computers in the near future, just like with the altimeters and magnetometers.
Thermal Touch, he says, can work within a wide range of temperatures, as long as the surface being touched is warmer or cooler than the user's body: the greater this difference, the easier the mode of the system, which can "work" with various types of surfaces. These do not include metal surfaces, as they quickly dissipate heat.
More information about Thermal Touch is expected to be known in September, with the publication of a related paper at International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality.
Source: naftemporiki.gr
