On tuesday i was invited by Frederic Kaplan at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) for a talk on Interactive Surfaces.
It has been a really interesting experience: the audience had precise questions about applications and technology. Besides the talk i had the chance to try WizKid live!
WizKid is a robot with social skills that features a novel interaction paradigm, combining robotics with a mid-air gesture interface called “halo”. Me and Frederic exchanged a lot of ideas about the project, the metaphors and the tech issues related to the “halo interface”, that in my opinion has the possibility to become widespread also in a number of other devices.
WizKid was exhibited at MoMa for three months, and it is now returning back to its swiss home (not on his own legs, at least for the moment ) to be upgraded and refined.
Thanks again to Frederic for the chance, and it was also very nice to meet again Nicolas Nova and talking about his experience as a veteran LIFT organizer.