Pranab Mistry on Sixthsense interface would like to work with Government
The Indian mastermind ,Pranab Mistery from MIT, who revealed his futuristic ‘Sixth Sense’ project earlier this year, made a significant announcement at the first-ever TED (Technology, Entertainment and Development) conference in India. He reveals his intentions on asking the question, why go open-source with it now, much before a product release or even spinning a revenue model around this out-of-the-world concept? . His answer was, “There have been many offers, but money means little to me. If this product could be taken forward and fuel greater innovation, that would be my reward,”
Swamped with corporate offers, he says he would be “most excited” if the Indian government was to approach him. “What could be a better way for me to take this technology to the masses!”
MIT Media Lab’s Pranab Mistry manifested the latest version of his Sixth-Sense wearable gesture interface at the TEDIndia conference.
On Thursday, Pranab Mistry showcased how Sixthsense interface could be used to compute using just a piece of paper. Sixthsense was first presented by Mistry at a TED conference in February 2009.
In his latest demonstration, Pranab Mistry attached a microphone to the paper and was able to use it as a touch interface, play 3D games, watch movies, and seamlessly transition work between a PC and his interface.
People who got a chance to see the demo got mesmerized and a huge round of applause from the audience must boosted the MIT genius. Pranab Mistry saved the best for last when talking to the host Chris Anderson he said that.”I am trying to make this tech available to people, and I will provide all the open source software for Sixth sense starting next month.”
He also informed that till date he has received lot many offers, but money means little to him.
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