Back in June I included a video of a Microsoft Research project called TouchLight in the keynote I gave at Eunis 2006 on how computation will affect the sciences and scientists.
Afterwards I had several interesting conversations about how .
It seems this is now likely that TouchLight will be brought to market this year by Eon Reality who have announced that they've licenced the technology through Microsoft's IP Ventures.
There's an updated video on Eon's web site, and video interviews with David Harnett, Microsoft's senior director of IP ventures, on both ZDNet and News.com.
This news has been carried fairly broadly :-
Forbes : EON Reality Will Be First Company to Bring Next-Generation 3-D Technology to Market CIO : Microsoft to License 'TouchLight' Image Tech News.com : Image navigation, with a sci-fi touch Managing IP : Microsoft signs 15th IP Ventures deal InformationWeek : Thumbs Up Or Down? Microsoft Licenses Out Technology That Detects Hand Gestures Microsoft Watch : Microsoft Licenses Another Piece of Its IP TechWeb : Microsoft Licenses 3D TouchLight IP Cadalyst : EON Reality to Offer Visualization Technology That Enables Physical Interaction with 3D Content InfoWorld : Microsoft licenses 'TouchLight' to EON Reality AOL Money : Sci-Fi Comes To Life With Microsoft Licensing Deal CNN Money : EON Reality Will Be First Company to Bring Next-Generation 3-D Technology to Market
Forbes : EON Reality Will Be First Company to Bring Next-Generation 3-D Technology to Market
CIO : Microsoft to License 'TouchLight' Image Tech
News.com : Image navigation, with a sci-fi touch
Managing IP : Microsoft signs 15th IP Ventures deal
InformationWeek : Thumbs Up Or Down? Microsoft Licenses Out Technology That Detects Hand Gestures
Microsoft Watch : Microsoft Licenses Another Piece of Its IP
TechWeb : Microsoft Licenses 3D TouchLight IP
Cadalyst : EON Reality to Offer Visualization Technology That Enables Physical Interaction with 3D Content
InfoWorld : Microsoft licenses 'TouchLight' to EON Reality
AOL Money : Sci-Fi Comes To Life With Microsoft Licensing Deal
CNN Money : EON Reality Will Be First Company to Bring Next-Generation 3-D Technology to Market
Now, I just need to figure out how to get one!