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This is a design for museum visitors using Pranav Mistry's concept of augmented reality technology. Designed by Ian Mayhew of Western Washington University Industrial Design.

Another design concept for SixthSense designed for those with autism. Tim is responding to the concerns of his brother, and sees an opportunity for this technology to meet those concerns.

Here's Kyle's SixthSense concept for driving, focusing on amateur car racing, yet useful for everyday driving.

This is a design concept by Cecilia Forsgren, our exchange student from Sweden.

I was excited to learn about Pranav Mistry's invention, SixthSense, which is a gestural computer interface that turns the relationship between the computer and the user inside out.  Instead of people staring into a glowing screen, the computer is required to look outward at our physical world.  By cleverly combining a digital camera , a mini-projector, and a smart phone, Pranav has introduced a new future of information accessibility and of human/computer relations.  See his presentation on TED.com if you haven't already. However, this is still a prototype, albeit a brilliantly engineered one, it is clunky, awkward and heavy.  Seeing this opportunity, I challenged my Junior (3rd year) industrial design students at Western Washington University to design the SixthSense for ergonomics, ease of use, and aesthetics.  They were to focus on a specific user scenario and they had to use currently available components, which were fixed in size.  (No imaginary min...

You are invited to the design presentation of  the Junior Industrial Design Studio project:  Inspiring Industrial Design for Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense Technology Wednesday, March 17th 10:30am – 12:30pm Academic West Building room 203 Western Washington University Bellingham, WA, USA the technology: “ '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. “ the project: In its current state, the SixthSense device is a brilliantly engineered prototype.  However, industrial design can improve its ergonomics, its appearance and its ability to serve people in various situations.  This group of 13 design students each tackled a specific user and application and redesigned it to meet their needs. I've been shooting video of the design process and the results, and will post the edited video online.