Back in April last year I posted a video I’d seen exploring the potential of gestural interfaces. This video from Oblong takes things a step closer to a true spatial operating interface, as seen in the Spielberg film Minority Report.

Oblong’s gesture-based g-speak spatial operating interface platform has been in development at MIT’s Media Laboratory since the early 1990s. It’s been a top secret project for many years, and has only recently been leaked. Other systems, including Microsoft’s Project Natal for Xbox, are promising similar types of gesture interaction as soon as this year. With the recent release of Apple’s iPad and similar tablet devices on the way, is the end in sight for casual-use laptop and desktop computers within the home? I think so.

Credits: g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.