Motion and physical dynamics captivate the human brain. I’ve always found the iTunes visualizer hypnotic; the video above takes it to the next level. Have a look and see what you think. Informally, I conjecture that our perceptual and cognitive systems intuit how much information a scene contains, and then allocate attention in proportion to …
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Organic, alien beauty from nature
Image by Heinrik Pniok and Richard Bartz under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. A bismuth crystal covered with iridescent oxide. Complex structure, stunning color and reflectivity; this crystal has it all. To fully appreciate its beauty, check out the high-resolution version, available after clicking the image above.
How to make interactive menus easier to use
Targeting is a core usability metric that measures how easily users can acquire on-screen targets like buttons and menu items. Errors in targeting can cause frustration and lost time. Designers should therefore minimize targeting errors by providing targets of sufficient size and stability. An interface element is considered stable if its targeting surface neither moves …
Ambient information, floating fun
Floating Forecaster from Richard Harvey on Vimeo. The description, if not the video, bills this as a weather information display, reminiscent of some incarnations of tangible bits. The interactive play aspect is at once inane and highly entertaining. Levitation on remote control is great brain-candy. For that matter, floating forecaster is likely more fun, and …
Vita-Mix transcends Matrix
I accidentally left a spoon in the blender, which quickly turned in a mind-bending performance. It wasn’t even on High. I am comforted only by the truth: there is no spoon.
Real-time physics! Next? Integrate with fluid user interfaces.
Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 – Teaser from Thiago Costa on Vimeo. Neat stuff, but so far I don’t see anything hasn’t already been demo’d with PhysX or OpenCL. Also, notice that the particle counts are bit skinny, leading me to wonder if it’s GPU-accelerated. Smoke, fire and fluids look increasingly realistic as you ratchet up the …
NVIDIA Surround
NVIDIA Surround immerses gamers in 3D content that spans multiple monitors. The product features an industry-leading “out of box” experience. Image by NVIDIA Creative Screenshots of the setup wizard Reviews, video Hard OCP To install my displays into an NV Surround configuration was quite easy and agitation free. The process is very simplistic and well …
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