What is sixth sense technology?
Sixth sense technology identifies the object around us and displays the information regarding the thing. Hand gestures do the communication between user and technology, and it integrates the real-world object with the digital world.
But sixth sense provides the freedom to communicate with the natural world using hand gestures. Some sixth sense technologies include hand gesture recognition, image capturing, processing and manipulation.
Working Process of Sixth Sense
One can interact with the digital world using physical devices such as tablets, computers, laptops, music players, netbooks, PDAs, etc., which helps communication purposes. Usually, honest world communication is performed directly, whereas digital world communication is done indirectly.
The sixth
sense is a method used to communicate with the digital world directly like
speech recognition, touch recognition etc.
The equipment used for the sixth sense prototype includes a pocket projector, camera, mobile components, mirror and colour markers. The projector displays the image on the surface. The surface may be books, hands, notebooks, walls etc. If a person moves their hand, the camera captures the colored marks on the fingertips.
The projector and camera are connected using mobile computing devices in users' pockets. Computer vision technology is used for recognition. The working process is similar to the touch screen of the Smartphone, where the entire world is on the net. It uses a wearable gesture interface to augment the physical world.
The human gestures are interpreted through program codes and
mathematical algorithms. The wearable Device was launched in the year 1990 by
Steve Mann. A neck-worn projector projected this concept by the camera system.
Device Design
Devices
designed based on sixth sense technology are present many. One such device is
called Wear Ur World (WUW) device. This Device collects data from the people's
environment, responds to the question, completes the tasks using the Internet
as an information bank, and presents the result to the user through a display
mechanism.
The technology behind the Device
WUW implements the technologies behind the Device. Several technologies include ubiquitous computing, gesture recognition, AR, radio frequency identification and computer vision. Ubiquitous computing is a computing process involving the broader use of computers and technological devices affecting individuals' actions.
Recognition of human gestures is called gesture recognition technology,
and this technology saves time and provides a more general level of freedom and
interactions.
Applications of Sixth Sense
The several
applications of the sixth sense are as follows:
Phone Call Making
This
technology allows the user to make a phone call to another person without using
the phone physically. Based on a swift and convenient manner, the number pad
can display on a surface based on a user’s choice. When the user points to the
numbers in the notepad, the Device dials the number based on the user's
preference.
Map Searching
This technology helps to locate new places or locations, which assists in navigation.
Application Drawing
An individual's artistic skill is established using this
platform anytime and anywhere. The application draws and projects images on the
surface based on the user's choice, and the art can be retrieved at any time
from memory.
Picture capturing
process
Suppose the user wishes to capture the picture. In that case,
the fingerprints are combined to form a rectangular frame, and the camera
understands the structure capturing gestures and completing the task by
capturing the image.
Clock
The clock application helps the user by displaying the time
whenever they needed. A digital watch appears if the user shows the wrist in
front of the camera.
Email checking
If the user wants to check their inbox in the mail, they are
supposed to draw the symbol ‘@’ in the air. The technology understands the
gesture which opens the application. In offline modes, the user is allowed to
view old messages. Unlike conventional gadgets, this technology also uses the
Internet to search, receive and send mail.
The user can also know flight information with the help of
this technology. Lead like a boarding pass, on-time status etc., can be
learned.
Summary
Sixth sense technology is the blooming technology and science
of the future. It modifies the human interaction with the environment and
creates awareness in the background. This wide variety of features helps to
grow this technology in future.
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