Appropriately enough for May 4th, TomTom has announced that Star Wars voices for their GPS products will be available (only in Europe, right now). Yes, it’s as cool as it sounds. Just watch the video for Darth Vader recording his voice. It ends as you’d expect, but it’s still hilarious.
If you read the Esquire interview with Ebert that I posted a week or so ago, this is the computer recreation of his voice that a company was working on. While it’s a little rough, there’s no denying it’s Ebert’s voice. Very amazing.
Check out this cool tilt-shifted video from the new Disney Parks blog. Can’t wait to go back to WDW in March 2010 (and see some Atlanata Braves Spring Training as well).
The painting looks awesome, but wait until you see how large it is. That’s the even more amazing thing. Check out more of Robert Burden’s work at his site. It’s amazing looking stuff that any geek from the 80’s and 90’s will enjoy.
Check out this video of an interactive computer interface that works on almost any surface. It’s similar to what was used in “Minority Report.” At first, I thought things like this would never come to pass, but some of these examples look practical. Give them another 10 years to become cheaper, faster and smaller.
The demo starts about 3-minutes in