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Re: RANT:motion trackers/magic wand/ultrasonic doppler/TOF/etc.

From: Steve Mann <>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 13:57:19 -0400 (EDT)

> just a bunch of persons in the area (i.e. using your wearable as
> router)? Ok, I admit this is pretty advanced.

this looks similar to ordinary TNC use, e.g. connecting to one
person "VIA" another, e.g.:
C N1NLF VIA K1UGH
see also Jan.'97 CQ-VHF for more on the use of a community of "cyborgs"
as means of networking... lessening the need for internet gateways
(reduction in number of gateways needed)

> I understand there are no immersive displays out there yet. Still, 
> since some of you are using wearcams, has overlay over the video 
> been tried? Piping in video from a backwards-pointing CCD camera?

Yes: see http://wearcam.org/mediated-reality.html
http://wearcam.org/ieeecomputer.html
examples of computer supported collaboration (telepresence) with
fully immersive wearcams.
For an example of the backwards-pointing CCD camera, see
"ShootingBackPack" in http://wearcam.org/lvac/index.html

> very good to have as a video overlay. Do you also display date/time 
> in the visual field somewhere? Other stats, e.g. temperature? What else?
> Analog displays or digital?
date/time is in the visual display of the default wearcomp setup,
time for example typically takes the form of an "xclock" or "oclock"
in the upper right hand corner of the screen.

> Apropos feedback, anybody monitoring bodily functions? I toyed with a
i did a lot of this kind of thing back in the early 1980s.
useful in many ways..

> ciao,
> 'gene

best regards,

steve

Prof. Steve Mann
U. Toronto,
Dept. E.C.E.
http://wearcam.org/steve.html

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