Apple 3D Head-tracking for… Manufacturing?
Apple recently filed a patent for a new 3D user interface. It would reportedly use Apple’s existing iSight camera to track users head movements and then change the screen perspective accordingly. The sensing mechanism may even be able to detect features on a user’s face (eyes, mouth, where the eyes are looking) or the position of a user’s hands, arms, or other body part. For a detailed account of the patent, head over to the PatentlyApple blog.
Manufacturing Software Advice thinks this technology would be great to design and prototype products. They would like to see Apple’s technology integrated with CAD/CAM software. This would allow engineers to change a design, test “what if” scenarios and directly manipulate a product model all with a series of hand gestures or head nods.
To help visualize this, they created a mock-demonstration video: Apple 3D for Manufacturing.
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