bi-directional screen from MIT

multitouch and offscreen interaction display
http://hackaday.com/2009/12/12/bidi-screen-on-and-off-screen-multitouch/

warped maps

like the article and comments say, if this could be done in realtime..

At first I thought this was just a gimmick, but after looking at it more closely and thinking about it, I realize it’s kinda brilliant. If they could make a virtual map like this that scaled in real time and say, put it on your iPhone or a car’s GPS, I’d use it continuously. To blend simple nearby perspective with an overhead view of where you’d like to go gives a sense of distance and travel you simply can’t get with a regular map. Here’s to hoping this becomes a cartographic trend.

Brick is a multi-touch & tangible user interface table created by Jordan Hochenbaum and Owen Vallis..

love this sort of stuff — multi-touch music creation and collaboration projects..

What Can We Do With Interactive Movie Making?

What are the parameters of interactive film? There has been some interesting discussion on storytelling versus authorial control of the camera at 3rd person cinema. There is now also the ability to create your own trails in video via interactive video object animation. Not to mention the crowd-pleasing opportunity to place your own face over video characters along with your voice.