In the year 1986 I became familiar with analog synthesis by means of a Sequential Circuits Six-Trak instrument, one of the defining inanimate objects that influenced my creative interests. The synth is long gone but I still synthesize with audio, pixels, words and people.
I am Joel Eby and I live in Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. This site is a stream of musings about digital design, music, technology and other ramblings. And, as little as I can help myself, baseball. Thanks for dropping in.
Kinect, Multitouchscreen in the Air
Today I checked out the Fruit Ninja demo on Kinect. It’s called “Fruit Ninja Kinect” and from nothing more than the title I knew exactly what it was. And I loaded it, and it’s exactly what I thought it was. All good so far.
Where it gets crazy is that I then FaceTimed with my five-year old daughter (yes, my life is just that high tech) and told her about Fruit Ninja Kinect. That’s all I said, nothing more. And I saw her immediately tell her Grandpa who was with her how the game worked by wildly swinging kung fu arms through the air and describing in detail just how, with Kinect, see, “you are the controller and you just chop ‘em, just like this, Grandpa.”
The Kinect is a touchscreen in the air. Even my daughter has it figured out.