holograms providing tactile feedback

I just came across the video above via a eNewsletter from Gizmag. to summarize: the idea of holograms providing tactile feedback was presented in 2009 SIGGRAPH by students from the University of Tokyo.

below are a couple excerpts from a presentation for a class I took at OSU. the objective of the course was to submit design ideas which sought to improve the quality of one's living room experience regardless of technological contraints. to summarize this project: this floating hologram would control all of the electronics in a users' home. one of the features of this technology included tactile feedback (shown in the images below).

here the user is selecting "yes" to continue watching the movie from the previous night.

profile view of the hologram, depicting the tactile feedback.

while watching the movie, the user decides to dim the lights in the living room.

when I presented this project, many people's first reaction was "that's impossible." however (as previously mentioned), the objective of this project was to design without technological constraints under the pretense that engineering restrictions are only a matter of time before they're overcome.

"Now that we can make anything, what will we make?"

the new look of Sean John

although Sean John's new logo is now legible (compared to the previous 'signature' logo) I'm not quite sure how it directly reflects the style of most of the clothing shown in the video above. yes, I understand the concept: futuristic (yeah, yeah, who DOESN'T claim to be futuristic these days?) however the multiple designs using acid washed denim don't seem to echo the clean-cut logo. although I did notice a couple cardigans, the "metal in the nylon fabric" and "printing on the inside of the t-shirt" seemed to be the most celebrated designs. while most of the designs are indeed cutting edge and new, the logo seems to be futuristic in a different (more conservative) way.

if the new Sean John logo were an article of clothing, I imagine it would be something one might wear with an evening gown or tuxedo, not with acid washed denim.