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Kinect Hacks: True shredding potential unlocked with Kinect air guitar
Programmer/artist Chris O'Shea has tapped even more of the Kinect's potential as a nerd fantasy-fulfillment device -- using its hand-tracking abilities, he's turned the gadget into an air guitar simulator. Check out the video after the jump to watch his wild gesticulations turn into sweet riffs.
Hand From Above: Augmented reality for pedestrians
Chris O'Shea's "Hand From Above" art project added a touch of augmented reality to the BBC Big Screen during its September 23–27 installation. Passersby, expecting to see exactly what was going on in real life on the big screen, instead saw themselves assaulted by an enormous, mischievous hand.At first, the hand appeared to be tickling people walking by, but then it began plucking them off the screen as if they'd gotten too close to a dungeon wall -- no doubt causing a brief, involuntary flinch by those who saw themselves lifted into the air by an illusory hand. Check out the video after the break, but watch out for ... the Hand From Above!
