Movies and TV shows like Star Trek, Star Wars, CSI and its spinoffs, the new Hawaii Five-0, and perhaps most of all, Minority Report, have long influenced our perception of what the future of human computer interaction could look like. It wasn’t until the release of Kinect and the recent wave of innovation known as “Kinect Hacks” that we realized that this future was much closer than we expected. As we replace the movie magic with real magic, we are learning about some of the limitations of these new interactions as well as new ways to use the technology that we have never thought of before.
In this panel discussion, several leading experts in Kinect innovation will explore the influence of movies and TV technology on modern computer interaction innovation, discuss the types of interfaces we are capable of creating today and in the near future, and look forward at how our relationship with computers may change in the next few years.