Nokia Mixed Reality – Nokia World
At Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany, Nokia Research Center showed a new concept in user experience: Nokia Mixed Reality
The concept features three concepts:
- Gaze-tracking eyewear which allows the user to select and browser with the eyes
- 3D Audio
- Haptic wrist device to feel and fetch media through gesture and touch
This concept allows to you to experience immersion and effortless navigation in an Augmented Reality environment. New types of interactions involving near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch. Through these new types of social linkages people will be connected in innovative ways between the physical and digital worlds, as described on Nokia Research Center Website
Take a look at this video to get an idea about Nokia’s vision of future technology.
Personally, I think that would be too much gadgets to wear. The eye glasses are enough since it’s possible to select and browse with eye movements, one might wonder what the wrist device is used for. While the video seems interesting, these concepts are more likely not going to make it to customer products.
Compared to Ericsson’s mobile broadband concepts, Nokia’s vision of usability is not yet mature.