- Startups - Kwindla Kramer of Oblong Industries - TWiST #289
发布时间 2012-09-19 04:35:04 来源
摘要
1:00 Welcome everyone, we have an awesome interview today with Kwindla Kramer of Oblong Industries, pioneers in the field of UI.
1:45 Thank you to Hiscox for supporting the show! If you need small business insurance, go to hiscoxusa.com/smallbiz
3:15 Kwin, how are you today? Thanks for coming on.
4:00 Tell me about Oblong Industries--why did you start it?
4:15 Checking out a video featuring some of Oblong's technology.
6:00 What's the application for this kind of technology today?
9:00 What's been the biggest interface leap since the mouse?
10:45 How does the depth map work?
11:45 Did the scenes in Minority Report feature functional interfaces?
13:30 Kwindla: What we care about is the multi-device computing future.
17:45 How soon before the average company has the multi-panel flat TV screens in the conference room? How much are they?
19:45 How has software changed in the past decade?
21:15 Thank you to Stamps.com! Everyone thank them @StampsCom!
24:15 Why do they say that the healthcare industry is the one that's going to lead this change?
26:00 Does this make surgeries more accurate or does it drive the cost down or both?
27:30 What's moved faster in the interface space than you thought it would?
30:00 Question from the chat: What should be patentable in gestures?
32:00 Should you only be able to hold a patent if you're actively using the technology?
34:00 How long has Oblong been around? Are you funded?
35:00 What was it like working at the Media Lab?
36:45 What was your first day like there? Who were you working with?
38:30 How's it been working with the Foundry Group?
43:45 Are you testing any of the Google Glasses prototypes?
45:00 Why haven't voice interfaces ever become important?
48:00 What about eyeball tracking? Does that work yet?
50:00 How much of our sense of personal space affects how this will work?
51:00 How are people using your Mezzanine system?
54:00 What about schools?
57:00 What are the chances this will be consumer tech in the next 2 years?
59:30 Is augmented reality going to change everything?
1:05:15 I'm guessing you recruit really great people for this company? If someone wanted to apply, how should they do that?
1:06:00 Thank you to Hiscox and Stamps.com for supporting the show.
1:06:15 What's the origin of your name, Kwindla?
1:07:00 What's up with Africa?
1:07:45 What's the biggest issue in Africa today?
1:10:00 Why are we not energy independent?
1:11:30 Kwindla, I wish you continued success. Thanks for watching, everyone.
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