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If you already feel like our lives are becoming more and more like a science fiction movie each day, this will really blow your mind: MIT’s Media Lab has recently been working on an augmented reality device– a computer that allows people to interact in a digital manner with ordinary objects.
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SixthSense is made up of a projector, a camera and a mirror which can be worn around the neck; colored caps which you wear on your fingers; and a phone carried in the user’s pocket. The entire device can currently be created for $350 and has heavy implications for the future of information technologies.
Using this device can turn literally any object into a digital interface that a person can interact with. It can be used to watch videos on newspapers bought at a news stand, dial a phone call on your palm, check a flight’s status on the printed ticket and even check the time on your wrist without a watch. A video demonstration can be watch on TED.com. Though the group does not currently have plans to make a commercial product or create a company, they say they are excited about the potential.
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