1. SIXTH SENSE TECHNOLOGY
Presented by:
Angom Chandrakala Devi
09/cse/31
Department of Computer Science and Engineering

2. CONTENTS
● Introduction
● Components
● Working
● Applications
● Advantages
● Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION
● Sixth Sense is a wearable gesture interface that augments the
physical world around us with digital information and lets us
interact with the information through natural hand gestures
● It was developed by Pranav Mistry,an Indian PhD sudent in the
Fluid Interfaces Group in Media Lab,MIT
● It can turn any surface into a touch screen for computing
controlled by simple hand gestures

4. COMPONENTS
● Camera
● Portable mini projector
● Mirror
● Mobile computing device
● Coloured components

7. CAMERA
● It is the key input device of the SixthSense system , acts as a digital
eye of the system.
● Captures user’s hand movements and gestures (used in recognition
of user gestures)
● Captures the scene in front and objects the user is interacting with
(used in object recognition and tracking)
● Takes a photo of the scene in front when the user performs a
‘framing’ gesture
● Captures the scene of projected interface (used to correct the
alignment, placement and look and feel of the projected interface
components)
● The video stream captured by the camera is passed to mobile
computing device which does the appropriate computer vision
computation.

8. MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
● The Sixth Sense system uses a mobile computing device in user’s
pocket as the processing device
● This device can be a mobile phone or a small laptop computer. The
camera, the projector are connected to this device using wired or
wireless connection
● A software program enabling all the features of the system runs on
this computing device .It is open source and the currently available
version of the software runs on windows platform
● The mobile computing device is also connected to the Internet via 3G
network or wireless connection

9. PORTABLE MINI PROJECTOR
● It is the key output device of the Sixth Sense system.
● The projector visually augments surfaces, walls and physical objects
the user is interacting with by projecting digital information and
graphical user interfaces.
● The content to be projected is provided by the mobile computing
device
● Augments the physical objects the user interacting with by projecting
just-in-time and related information from the Internet

10. MIRROR
● The mirror reflects the projection coming out from the projector and
thus helps in projecting onto the desired locations on walls or
surfaces.
● The user manually can change the tilt of the mirror to change the
location of the projection. For example in application where the user
wants the projection to go on the ground instead of the surface in
front, he can change the tilt of the mirror to change the projection.
● Helps in overcoming the limitation of the limited projection space of
the projector.

11. COLOURED COMPONENTS
● Its function is to aid the software in differentiating between the
fingers, demanding various applications
● They can be worn as coloured caps or coloured tapes can be used
● There can be as many distinct coloured components as will fit in the
screen which enables multi-touch and multi -user interface

13. APPLICATIONS

14. MAKE A CALL
The sixth sense technology enables you
to project a keypad on your palm
then use that virtual keypad to make
a call
CHECK THE TIME
Draw a circle on your wrist and you will
get a virtual watch that gives you the
correct time

15. EXPERIENCE MULTIMEDIA READING EXPERIENCE
The sixth sense can be programmed to project related videos to the
newspaper article you are reading

16. TAKING PHOTOS
If you fashion your thumb and After taking the desired number of
index finger into a square i.e make photos you can project them onto
a framing gesture the device will a surface and use our gestures to
snap a photo sort through them,organise or
resize them

17. GET BOOK INFORMATION
The system can project amazon ratings
on the book the user picks up ,as well as its
reviews and other relevant
information
DRAWING APPLICATION
As the camera tracts our finger
movements,you can start drawing on
any surface you want

18. PAPER TABLET
With the use of an addtional component,
a microphone,the device can sense when
our fingers touch the surface of the paper
and as the camera is capturing where the
fingers are touching,you can browse the
internet,use a normal paper as a tablet
PLAY GAMES ON A SIMPLE PAPER
You can even play games on this paper
tablet

19. ADVANTAGES
● Enables direct access of information or data from machines in
real time environment
● Make workflow more intutive
● Mindmap the idea anywhere
● Portable
● Cost-effective
● Support multi user and multi touch

20. CONCLUSION
Even though the sixth sense devices are in development stage,and
have not been used in large now,it is predictable that it will
revolutionize the way we interact with our digital world. The software
used in the device has been made open source and newer versions
will be available as it is being developed.
REFERENCES:-
● http://code.google.com/p/sixthsense/
● http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrtANPtnhyg

21. THANK YOU