I like the looks, too! Looks to me as if iPhoto will eventually be replaced by Photos (though I believe I remember the announcement was that it would not?) as it wraps most of its functionality and has a nicer look. Maybe makes sense to have Photos (lifestyle) and Aperture (professional) as two apps with a clear focus for each one.
I'm just missing some statement on how the performance is, especially since we all have like several hundred GBs or even TBs worth of pictures nowadays. It's only a preview with screenshots though...
> iPhoto was often criticized for choking on large image libraries, but Apple says it built Photos to handle large and growing photo libraries, since people are taking so many more photos than they used to before. From our experience, it seems that Apple's efforts have paid off: the new Photos app effortlessly scrolls through thousands of photos, [...]
Thanks for the hint, eventually i stumbled upon the note about Pixelstick in the article, never heard of it before. They had a successful Kickstarter last year, the video briefly introduces the tech and shows many more applications: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitbangerlabs/pixelstic...
Now I want one!
The first image on the website [0] made me believe it is some kind of tablet with a big special case, as the picture is taken from an unexpected angle. But hey, first impressions...
That being said, this looks like some real innovation and makes for an interesting creative workspace setup.
Soon we'll have flexible flexible displays to close the gap between the screen and the projected area (see the moment in the video where she flicks an item from the screen on to the projected area? Quite literally, a gap in interaction).
I can imagine this being used in some of the user interface research labs which have been working with similar hand-made setups before.
This is great news, definitely an area which should get disrupted.
Just tried taking the test (it's Chrome only on desktop, Android only on mobile, at the moment).
It will ask for permissions to access your webcam and microphone, ask for ID and finally, to share your screen. This way the can guarantee (?) that you don't cheat. Unfortunately, at the end it couldn't upload my test data and just said "You have to take the test again at another time"
Looking forward for more institutions to join the club!
I'm just missing some statement on how the performance is, especially since we all have like several hundred GBs or even TBs worth of pictures nowadays. It's only a preview with screenshots though...