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Sixth sense technologyBy Sree Sai Kiran.y Cse-II/IVsree.intech@gmail.com

devices and our interactions with the physical world. Information is confined traditionally on paper or digitally on a screen. SixthSense bridges this gap, bringing intangible,digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing usto interact with this information via natural hand gestures. SixthSense frees information from its confines by seamlessly integrating it with reality, and thus making the entire world your computer.

SixthSense is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.

C.Rahul Cse-II/IVRahulchitta09@gmail.com

All of us are aware of the five basic senses seeing, feeling, smelling, tastingand hearing. But there is also another sense called the sixth sense. It is basically a connection to something greater than what their physical senses are ableto perceive. To a layman, it would be something supernatural. Some might just consider it to be a superstition or something psychological. But the invention ofsixth sense technology has completely shocked the world. Although it is not wide

ly known as of now but the time is not far when this technology will change ourperception of the world.

INTODUCTION:Although the miniaturization of computing devices allows us to carry computers in our pockets, keeping us continually connected to the digital world, there is no link between our digital

The Sixth Sense prototype consists of a pocket projector, mirror and a camera. The device is pendant shaped like mobile wearing devices. Both the projector andthe camera are connected to the mobile computing device in the users pocket. Theprojector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks u

sers hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The software program processes the video stream data captured by the camera and tracks the locations of the colored markers (visual tracking fiducials) at the tip of the users fingers using simple computer-vision techniques. It also supportsmulti touch and multi user interaction

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Components:

Camera: tracks the movement of the colored markers using movement algorithms

The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to the mobile computing devicein the users pocket. The projector projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks user s hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The software program processes the video stream data captured by the camera and tracks the locations of the colored markers (visual tracking fiducials) at the tip of the users fingers using simple computer-vision techniques. The movements and arrangements of these fiducials are interpreted intogestures that act as interaction instructions for the projected application interfaces. The maximum number of tracked fingers is only constrained by the numberof unique fiducials, thus SixthSense also supports multi-touch and multi-user interaction Projector: : Projects stored data onto most any surface.

Color Markers: Red, blue, green, and yellow tape worn on the users fingertips for tracking purposes.

Camera:.

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Working:

Basically, Sixth Sense is a mini-projector coupled with a camera and a cellphonewhich acts as the computer and your connection to the Cloud, all the informationstored on the web. Sixth Sense can also obey hand gestures, like in the infamousMinority Report. However, instead of requiring you to be in front of a big screen like Tom Cruise, Sixth Sense can do its magicand a lot moreeverywhere, even while you are jumping hysteric over Oprah s sofa. The camera recognizes objects around you instantly, with the micro-projector overlaying the informationon any surface, including the object itself or your hand. Then, you can access or manipulate the information using your fingers Need to make a call? Extend your hand on front of the projector and numbers will appear for you to click. Need to know thetime? Draw a circle on your wrist and a watch will appear. Want to take a photo? Just make a square with your fingers, highlighting what you want to frame, andthe system will make the photowhich you can later organize with the others usingyour own hands over the air.

features of zooming in or zooming out. The camera also helps user to take pictures of the scene he is viewing and later he can arrange them on any surface. Thatsnot it. Some of the more practical uses are reading a newspaper. Imagine reading a newspaper and viewing videos instead of the photos in the paper. Or live sports updates while reading the newspaper. The device can also tell you arrival, departure or delay time of your air plane on your tickets. For book lovers it isnothing less than a blessing. Open any book and you will find the Amazon ratings

of the book. To add to it, pick any page and the device gives additional information on the text, comments and lot more add on features. While picking up any good at the grocery store, the user can get to know whether the product is eco friendly or not. To know the time, all one has to do is to just gesture drawing circle on the wrist and there appears a wrist watch.

The device has a huge number of applications. Firstly, it is portable and easilyto carry as you can wear it in your neck. The drawing application lets user draw on any surface by observing the movement of index finger. Mapping can also bedone anywhere with the

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Applications: Easy to Draw: A person can draw anything on paint with the help of his fingers.So, why to use mouse for painting.

. Check your Flight Status: You can check the status of the flight while you areon Taxi. Just place the ticket in front of the projector and it checks its status from t

Capture photos with fingers: why to take camera on your holiday and no tension for the photo space as this Sixth Sense computer will work like your camera. It caputes the photo, when you make a square with your fingers, highlighting which one you want to frame .

he internet Phone Call: You can call to your friend by typing the numbers on your hand. It display the keypad of the phone over your palm and the keys appears on the four finger... Use your another hand s finger to press the keys.

Newspapers: Did you saw the moving pictures of the Newspaper in the movie HarryPatter, it is quite similar to it. It Searches the most appropriate video from the web by seeing the headlines or the caption of the News report.

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Check the brand of the Product: It helps you to choose the best brand product from the super market.

and Sixth Sense will show you if it s good or bad, or if it fits your preferences or not. Now take this to every aspect of your everyday life. You can be in a taxi going to the airport, and just by taking out your boarding pass, Sixth Sensewill grab real time information about your flight and display it over the ticket. You won t need to do any action. Just hold it in front of your and it will work. The key here is that Sixth Sense recognizes the objects around you, displaying information automatically and letting you access it in any way you want, in the simplest way possible. Clearly, this has the potential of becoming the ultimate "transparent" user interface for accessing information about everything around us. If they can get rid of the colored finger caps and it ever goes beyond theinitial development phase, that is. But as it is now, it may change the way weinteract with the real world and truly give everyone complete awareness of the environment around us.

Read Books easily: Check out the ratings of the Book you are going to buy, it checks the ratings from the internet. And another amazing thing is that it reads the book for you.

Advantages: Cost: ~300$ Software will be open source Many possible medical applications using the technology Surgical procedures (using tracking capabilities) Rehabilitation techniques Make frame with hands: camera takes picture

But those are just novelty applications. The true power of Sixth Sense lies on its potential to connect the real world with the Internet, and overlaying the information on the world itself. Imagine you are at the supermarket, thinking aboutwhat brand of soap is better. Or maybe what wine you should get for tonight s dinner. Just look at objects, hold them on your hands,

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Google map onto wall Draw circle on wrist: projects digital clock Movement of text book/web info onto page Airline ticket updates Draw @ symbol: check email foryou. Disadvantages:

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works only with hand gestures cannot work with own intelligence.

INVENTED: Pranav Mistry, 28 year old, of Indian origin is the mastermind behindthe sixth sense technology. He invented Sixth Sense / WUW ( Wear UR World) whichis a wearable gestural , user friendly interface which links the physical worldaround us with digital information and uses hand gestures to interact with them. He is a PhD student at MIT and he won the Invention of the Year 2009 - by Popular Science Bibliography: About (Pranav Mistry) pranav::mistry. 2010. Apr 1 2010. http://www.pranavmistry.com/ Mistry, Pranav. About (SixthSense). 2010. Apr 2, 2010.http://www.pranavmistry.com/project s/sixthsense/ Pranav Mistrys: The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense ComputingFuture of Interface. Boxesandarrows. Feb 2010. Apr1

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