[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.46,0:00:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Throughout the history of computers Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.58,0:00:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been striving\Nto shorten the gap between us Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.83,0:00:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and digital information, Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.42,0:00:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gap between our physical world Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.26,0:00:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world in the screen Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.05,0:00:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our imagination can go wild. Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.90,0:00:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this gap has become shorter, Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.82,0:00:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shorter, and even shorter, Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.59,0:00:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now this gap is shortened down Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.23,0:00:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to less than a millimeter, Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.54,0:00:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the thickness of a touch-screen glass, Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.42,0:00:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the power of computing Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.87,0:00:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has become accessible to everyone. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.77,0:00:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wondered, what if there\Ncould be no boundary at all? Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.81,0:00:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to imagine\Nwhat this would look like. Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.56,0:00:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, I created this tool Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.01,0:00:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which penetrates into the digital space, Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.52,0:00:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when you press it hard on the screen, Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.61,0:00:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it transfers its physical\Nbody into pixels. Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.94,0:00:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Designers can materialize their ideas Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.05,0:00:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly in 3D, Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.75,0:00:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and surgeons can practice\Non virtual organs Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.30,0:01:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,underneath the screen. Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.52,0:01:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So with this tool, this\Nboundary has been broken. Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.42,0:01:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But our two hands still\Nremain outside the screen. Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.39,0:01:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you reach inside and interact Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.87,0:01:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the digital information Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.30,0:01:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using the full dexterity of our hands? Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.30,0:01:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At Microsoft Applied Sciences, Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.60,0:01:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with my mentor Cati Boulanger, Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.52,0:01:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I redesigned the computer Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.79,0:01:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turned a little space\Nabove the keyboard Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.67,0:01:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a digital workspace. Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.04,0:01:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By combining a transparent\Ndisplay and depth cameras Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.54,0:01:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for sensing your fingers and face, Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.19,0:01:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now you can lift up your hands\Nfrom the keyboard Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.50,0:01:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and reach inside this 3D space Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.34,0:01:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and grab pixels with your bare hands. Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.84,0:01:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.81,0:01:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because windows and files have\Na position in the real space, Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.01,0:01:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,selecting them is as easy\Nas grabbing a book off your shelf. Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.37,0:01:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you can flip through this book Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.53,0:01:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while highlighting the lines, words Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.24,0:01:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the virtual touch pad\Nbelow each floating window. Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.81,0:01:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Architects can stretch\Nor rotate the models Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.34,0:01:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their two hands directly. Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.77,0:02:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in these examples, Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.39,0:02:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are reaching into the digital world. Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.12,0:02:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how about reversing its role Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.47,0:02:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having the digital\Ninformation reach us instead? Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.29,0:02:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure many of us\Nhave had the experience Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.36,0:02:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of buying and returning items online. Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.47,0:02:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now you don't have to worry about it. Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.44,0:02:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I got here is an online\Naugmented fitting room. Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.08,0:02:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a view that you get from Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.98,0:02:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,head-mounted or see-through display Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.73,0:02:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the system understands\Nthe geometry of your body. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.88,0:02:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taking this idea further,\NI started to think, Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.43,0:02:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of just seeing\Nthese pixels in our space, Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.80,0:02:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how can we make it physical Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.32,0:02:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we can touch and feel it? Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.58,0:02:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would such a future look like? Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.63,0:02:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At MIT Media Lab,\Nalong with my advisor Hiroshi Ishii Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.29,0:02:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my collaborator Rehmi Post, Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.31,0:02:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we created this one physical pixel. Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.95,0:02:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, in this case, this spherical magnet Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.58,0:03:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acts like a 3D pixel in our space, Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.93,0:03:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that both computers and people Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.83,0:03:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can move this object to anywhere Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.73,0:03:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within this little 3D space. Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.70,0:03:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we did was essentially\Ncanceling gravity Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.19,0:03:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and controlling the movement by combining Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.33,0:03:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,magnetic levitation\Nand mechanical actuation Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.16,0:03:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sensing technologies. Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.63,0:03:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by digitally programming the object, Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.14,0:03:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are liberating\Nthe object from constraints Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.92,0:03:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of time and space, which means that now, Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.35,0:03:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human motions can be\Nrecorded and played back Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.25,0:03:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and left permanently\Nin the physical world. Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.86,0:03:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So choreography can be taught\Nphysically over distance Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.90,0:03:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Michael Jordan's famous\Nshooting can be replicated Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.49,0:03:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over as a physical reality. Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.97,0:03:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students can use this as a tool Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.15,0:03:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn about the complex concepts Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.09,0:03:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as planetary motion, physics, Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.18,0:03:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unlike computer screens or textbooks, Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.100,0:03:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a real, tangible experience Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.48,0:04:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can touch and feel,\Nand it's very powerful. Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.14,0:04:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what's more exciting Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.12,0:04:06.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just turning what's currently\Nin the computer physical Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.47,0:04:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to start imagining\Nhow programming the world Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.66,0:04:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will alter even our daily\Nphysical activities. Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.46,0:04:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.94,0:04:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you can see, the digital information Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.70,0:04:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will not just show us something Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.22,0:04:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it will start directly acting upon us Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.33,0:04:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a part of our physical surroundings Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.63,0:04:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without disconnecting\Nourselves from our world. Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.82,0:04:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we started by talking\Nabout the boundary, Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.17,0:04:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we remove this boundary, Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.85,0:04:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only boundary left is our imagination. Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.74,0:04:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.99,0:04:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)