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5. Microsoft’s SemanticMap

SemanticMap is the next step in public information and navigation on the go is a digital signage. It is still in a stage of prototype and it features proximity detection, face recognition and gesture interaction technologies. It provides the right amount and detail of map-related information according to the user’s distance from the display. As people glance at such displays from afar, they see the most significant information in large, bold type. As they approach the display for more information, it dynamically decrease type sizes and increase the detail level of both map layouts and their information overlays.

6. SixthSense Technology

It sounds interesting about sixth sense but it sounds even interesting when it comes to technology. The SixthSense prototype comprises a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera contained in a pendant like, wearable device. Both the projector and the camera are connected to a mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. It projects visual information enabling surfaces, walls and physical objects around us to be used as interfaces; while the camera recognizes and tracks users' hand gestures and physical objects using computer-vision based techniques. The movements and arrangements of these fiducials (colored caps on fingers) are interpreted into gestures that act as interaction instructions for the projected application interfaces.