3D paintbrush...Crazy stuff

I know that this is probably old news to everyone else but I still find it quite unique...If they can do this with a paint brush imagine what militaries can do...

video.gprime.net...


from another web site: Gprime.net

got his permission to post this video

What an amazing find!!!

You get a vote from me for that one.

Through cold techs we find new ways of being creative and expressing ourselves in unique ways.

I would be very interested to see how this tech eventually surfaces in the public domain.

I also found this interesting vid in the same site.

Multi-Touch -

All the best,

NeoN HaZe.


[edit on 11-2-2007 by Neon Haze]

wow that is amazing, the project looks like it in its infancy but my god the possibility's are end less. have you seen the new touchscreen thing they came out with?

hah wow I thought this was going to be another post I put up that had no responses....yeah Ive seen some other videos or tech. that goes right along with this

its about time we saw something new though if you think about it we have been stuck with the mouse and key board to use for making artistic creations since the invention of the computer

hah yeah....I love this new idea...I think it is so weird when they do the eye brush...disgusting...I dont want my wall winking at me lol

That is rather cool...

I want one!

This is about the many flaws of microsoft...Im sure you have seen this one too but it is still a classic

gprime.net...

[edit on -0600c28obeSun, 11 Feb 2007 14:12:14 -0600 17 by Uisge Baugh]

you know i wish they would come out with something that you can dream the picture. For instance you know how your dreams are very colorful sometimes, i just wish there was a way to say snap a picture of it. heck it would even be cool to close your eyes and draw with your mind. its possible the advancements with brain technology in the past few years has been amazing.

that would be amazing

check out this vid...like it says its supposed to be funny but its so true

[edit on -0600c28obeSun, 11 Feb 2007 14:21:15 -0600 17 by Uisge Baugh]

+1 on the dream-paint idea...I have a great imagination and can come up with many great ideas... but I suck at drawing and really can't put it down to paper or screen...

as for the OT... that brush is awesome... I so want one~ any idea how it works?? is it fibreoptic fibres(for the brush hairs) with cameras and a recorder of some kind??

WOW! that is so cool! i love the smudging with the touch screen! strange how that impresses me more than the photo/video virtual paintbrush

yeah technology keeps on getting crazier and crazier

No doubt about it. The 3d paintbrush is a fake.

why do you think that...how did they make that a fake and what proof do you have?

I agree... why would it be fake? My guess is several optical devices, with fibreoptics to capture the image (the fibreoptics being the brush hairs)... though it may be a camera, as if you looked, they pushed fairly heavily into the brush each time, perhaps to clear away brush hairs for a camera?

a simple gyroscope setup (kinda like the tilt function in the ps3's controllers) to determine the brush's angle (it's not really 3D - it just rotates the image) and the touchscreen to determine where the brush is on the screen.. info from the camera is sent via bluetooth to the cpu, and viola! paint!

its not a fake....i thought it was at first too. But at the end of the clip, it says MIT and the name of a scientist there. So i checked it out:

here is the main page for the brush:

I/O Brush

here are other projects she is working on

Kimiko Ryokai At MIT

as you can see from here, there are lots of projects that are simply amazing


and here is the home page of Kimiko Ryokai;

Home Page At MIT For Kimiko Ryokai

[edit on 15-2-2007 by geek101]

[edit on 15-2-2007 by geek101]

I dont understand why he/she thinks that it is a fake....I almost thought it was at first but then realized how far we came in technology and discarded that idea immediately

Amazing! Not yet for sale

Make that +2 for the dream painter and add in a projector so you can watch your dreams

Originally posted by groingrinder
No doubt about it. The 3d paintbrush is a fake.

That makes no sense, I don't see how this could be fake or even improbable. There's a camera on the end of the brush that records and then transfers what it recorded on to the computer screen you move it across. It really isn't anything new .. it's just about as fascinating as Eyetoys, same concept.