THE SIXTH SENSE

TECHNOLOGY

NEW WAY OF LIFE

 SIXTH SENSE
TECHNOLOGY

 It’s the beginning of a new era of technology where engineering will reach new milestones.
Just like in the science fiction movies where display of computer screen appears on walls,
commands are given by gestures, the smart digital environment which talks to us to do our
work and so on, these all will be possible very soon. You imagine it and sixth sense
technology will make it possible. Isn’t it futuristic? Now it’s time for sci-fi movie directors to
think ahead because the technology shown in there fiction movies soon will become
household stuff. Before few years back it was considered to be supernatural or tantalizing
imagination. But now it has been made possible.
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 WHAT IS SIXTH
SENSE?

 Sixth Sense is a wearable gestural interface that enhances the physical world around us with digital
information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. It is based on the
concepts of augmented reality and has well implemented the perceptions of it. Sixth sense technology
has integrated the real world objects with digital world. The fabulous 6th sense technology is a blend
of many exquisite technologies. The thing which makes it magnificent is the marvelous integration of all
those technologies and presents it into a single portable and economical product. It associates
technologies like hand gesture recognition, image capturing, processing, and manipulation, etc. It
superimposes the digital world on the real world.
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Sixth sense technology is a perception of augmented reality concept. Like senses enable us to perceive information
about the environment in different ways it also aims at perceiving information. Sixth sense is in fact, about
comprehending information more than our available senses. And today there is not just this physical world from where
we get information but also the digital world which has become a part of our life. This digital world is now as important
to us as this physical world. And with the internet the digital world can be expanded many times the physical world.
God hasn’t given us sense to interact with the digital world so we have created them like smart phones, tablets,
computers, laptops, net books, PDAs, music players, and others gadgets. These gadgets enable us to communicate
with the digital world around us. 

But we’re humans and our physical body isn’t meant for digital world so we can’t interact directly to the digital
world. For instance we press keys to dial a number; we type text to search it and so on. This means for an
individual to communicate with the digital world he/she must learn it. We don’t communicate directly and efficiently
to the digital world as we do with the real world. The sixth sense technology is all about interacting to the digital
world in most efficient and direct way. Hence, it wouldn’t be wrong to conclude sixth sense technology as gateway
between digital and real world. 
 Why choose sixth sense technology?

Humans take decisions after acquiring inputs from the senses. But the information we collect aren’t enough to
result in the right decisions. But the information which could help making a good decision is largely available on
internet. Although the information can be gathered by connecting devices like computers and mobiles but they are
restricted to the screen and there is no direct interaction between the tangible physical world and intangible digital
world. This sixth sense technology provides us with the freedom of interacting with the digital world with hand
gestures. This technology has a wide application in the field of artificial intelligence. This methodology can aid in
synthesis of bots that will be able to interact with humans.
 How does sixth sense works?
The sixth sense technology uses different technologies like gesture recognition, image processing, etc. At
present the commercial product isn’t launched but the prototype is prepared. The sixth sense prototype is made
using very common and easily available equipments like pocket projector, a mirror, mobile components, color
markers and a camera.
 

The projector projects visual images on a surface. This surface can be wall, table, book or even your hand. Thus,
the entire world is available on your screen now. When user moves their hands to form different movements with
colored markers on the finger tips, the camera captures these movements. Both the projector and the camera
are connected to the mobile computing device in the user’s pocket. Recognition is made using computer vision
technique. These markers act as visual tracking fiducials.
 Gesture Recognition
It is a technology which is aimed at interpreting human gestures with the help of mathematical algorithms. Gesture recognition technique
basically focuses on the emotion recognition from the face and hand gesture recognition. Gender recognition technique enables humans to
interact with computers in a more direct way without using any external interfacing devices. It can provide a much better alternative to text user
interfaces and graphical user interface which requires the need of a keyboard or mouse to interact with the computer. Interfaces which solely
depends on the gestures requires precise hand pose tracking.

In the early versions of gesture recognition process special type of hand gloves which provide information about hand
position orientation and flux of the fingers. In the Sixth Sense devices colored bands are used for this purpose. Once hand
pose has been captured the gestures can be recognized using different technique's. Neural network approaches or statistical
templates are the commonly used techniques used for the recognition purposes. This technique have an high accuracy usually
showing accuracy of more than 95%. Time dependent neural network will also be used for real time recognition of the
gestures
ADVANTAGES OF SIXTH SENSE DEVICES

1. Portable
One of the main advantages of the sixth sense devices is its small size and portability. It can be easily carried around
without any difficulty.The prototype of the sixth sense is deigned in a such a way that it gives more importance to the
portability factor. All the devices are light in weight and the smart phone can easily fit into the users pocket.

2. Support multi touch and multi user interaction

Multi touch and multi user interaction is another added feature of the sixth sense devices. Multi sensing technique allows
the user to interact with system with more than one than one finger at a time.. Sixth sense devices also in-cooperates
multi user functionality. This is typically useful for large interaction scenarios such as interactive table tops and walls.
3. Cost effective
The cost incurred for the construction of the sixth sense proto type is quiet low. It was made from parts collected together
from common devices. And a typical sixth sense device cost up to $300. The sixth sense devices have not been made in large
scale for commercial purpose. Once that happens it’s almost certain that the device will cost much lower than the current
price.

4. Connectedness between real world and digital world

Forming a connection between the real world and the digital world was the main aim of the sixth sense technology.

5. Data access directly from the machines in real time

With help of a sixth sense device the user can easily access data from any machine at real time speed. The user doesn’t require
any machine-human interface to access the data. The data access through recognition of hand gestures is much easier and user
friendlier compared to the text user interface or graphical user interface which requires keyboard or mouse.
6. Mind map the idea anywhere
With the advent of the sixth sense device, requirement of a platform or a screen to analyze and interpret the data has
become obsolete. We can project the information into any surface and can work and manage the data as per our
convenience..

7. Open source software

The software that is used to interpret and analysis the data collected by the device is made open source. This enables other
developers to contribute to the development of the system
 APPLICATION
The sixth sense technology finds a lot of application in the modern world. The sixth sense devices bridge the gap by
bringing the digital world into the real world and in that process allowing the users toiu interact with the information
without the help of any machine interfaces. Prototypes of the sixth sense device have demonstrated viability, usefulness
and flexibility of this new technology. According to the words of its developers the extend of use of this new device is
only limited by the imagination of human beings. Some practical applications of the sixth sense technology is given
below

1. Map Application
With the help of a map application the user can call upon any map of his/her choice and navigate through them by
projecting the map on to any surface. By using the thumb and index fingers movements the user can zoom in, zoom out
or pan the selected map.
2 Taking Pictures
Another application of sixth sense devices is the implementation of a gestural camera. This camera takes the photo of the
location user is looking at by detecting the framing gesture. After taking the desired number of photos we can project them
onto any surfaces and then use gestures to sort through those photos and organize and resize them.

3. Drawing Application
The drawing application allows the user you to draw on any surface by tracking the fingertip movements of the user’s
index finger. The pictures that are drawn by the user can be stored and replaced on any other surface. The user can also
shuffle through various pictures and drawing by using the hand gesture movements
4. Making Calls
We can make calls with help of sixth sense device .The sixth sense device is used to project the keypad into your palm
and the using that virtual keypad we can make calls to anyone.
5. Interacting with physical objects
The Sixth Sense system also helps to interact with physical objects we use in a better way. It augments physical objects
by projecting more information about these objects projected on them. For example, a gesture of drawing a circle on the
user’s wrist projects an analog watch on the users hand. Similarly a newspaper can show live video news or dynamic
information can be provided on a regular piece of paper

6. Getting Information
Sixth sense devices can be used for getting various information relating to our everyday life by getting in contact with
objects
7. Product Information
Sixth sense technology uses marker technology or image recognition techniques to recognize the objects we pick in our
hand and then provide information relating to that product.
8 Book Information
By holding and shuffling through the book pages, the sixth sense provides Amazon ratings on that book, other reviews and
other relevant things related to the book.

2.2.9 Flight Updates:

With the help of the sixth sense technology it is no longer required to log into any sites for checking the status of the
flights. The system will recognize your boarding pass and let you know whether the flight is on time or not.

2.2.10 Information About People:

With help of face recognition techniques the sixth sense devices are able to provide information about the people when we
meet them. The sensor detects the face and checks the data base for the relevant information . The system will then project
the relevant information about a person like what they do, where they work
 CONCLUSION
The sixth sense technology and devices are definitely the way forward. The sixth sense recognizes the objects around us
and displays the information relating to those objects in a real time environment. The sixth sense technology allows the
user to interact the information through hand gestures. This is a quiet efficient way compared to the text and graphic
based user interface. It has the potential to form the transparent user interface for accessing the information around us. .
Even though the sixth sense devices are currently in development stages and have not been used in large now, it’s quiet
predictable that this technology have the potential to revolutionize the way in which we interacts with the digital world.