Do you know about Automan?
If not, Automan was a science fiction show that featured a cursor and portrayed a character as hologram.The idea of the three-dimensional cursor is to extend actions such as marking or using a cursor as an insertion point or transformations like rotation,to a new level,a three-dimensional level.The new cursor challenges the notion of what a cursor is and what it does.The cursor becomes a drawing and controlling plane.This technology was originally based for a tablet,but since there is no external involvement the device can be anything,like smart watches or smartphones.
What is a control plane?
This can be explained using a butterfly-net analogy.If the user wants to sweep through the screen he/she can simply use gestures to glide through the 3D environment.A user can manipulate the actions performed by using different gestures,like pinching or spreading fingers causing the object at hand to change the shape.A higher version of the 3D cursor is shown in the movie iron-man.
In the movie the user can control the 3D environment around him using simply his bodily gestures.The user can draw,control,select objects and much more just by using gestures.
The engineers developing the software are immersed in work.They have created real life scenarios such as a living room where they can select the furniture and have a virtual idea of how it might look in real life.The real life possibilities of the 3D cursor are endless.It can be used in various fields like medical imaging,urban warfare and of course high-end gaming.The introduction of the 3D cursor is another step to a 3D environment and brings around the already known fact,that the rate at which technology is growing will keep increasing and bring unimaginable change in the lives of the common man.
Written at: thepapers.in
Writer: Pranav
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