1. Cell Phone Integration
We all agreed one of the most exciting ways Kinect could be utilized in the future is integration in your cell phone. Imagine a built in projector (already available) and kinect technology, both in your phone. You could project your ‘pc’ anywhere and control it with voice or motion controls. Setup your Kinect phone at a party and become a VJ or use it for a business presentation. This would be portable, functional and next-gen. Nanotechnology might make this possible sooner than we think. ‘The Singularity is near…”

2. Picture Frame
We know Bill Gates has had morphing picture frames for the last decade, but imagine if this technology was priced reasonably. It would recognize you and others in the room and change according to movement, voices, heat, and lighting. Picasso in the morning and Da Vinci at night. Whatever your style, this frame could represent the artistic side of life that’s fighting complacency. Enjoy the dream.

3. Integration in your Vehicle
After seeing the most recent BMW commercial, it’s clear car manufacturers are stepping up technology integration in their vehicles. They’ll soon be utilizing the iPod Out feature which will simulate the iPod interface in the BMW dashboard menu. Now imagine a Kinect camera in the center console which could supplement buttons and compliment voice commands. It could interpret forward and backward commands, stop and change channel. Of course voice commands seem like a good solution for replacing buttons, but I dont always want to look like I’m talking to my imaginary friend car.

4. NFL Referee Replacement Compliment
The NFL is already quite advanced with their videography, why not add the AI element of Kinect. This could track the players more accurately since cameras would be covering the entire field. With human refs, there is always potential errors from not observing penalty’s. Kinect takes out that element of error to really determine who is the best. Seems far out, but you never know!

5. Movie Theatres watch the Audience
It seems a technology similar to this is already in the works, but we thought we’d highlight the idea anyways. Think about how you could add interactive elements if you can watch the audience, determine when they’re laughing, observe if they are paying attention to movie trailers and ensure they are not recording your flick with a cam. The last one doesn’t really interest us, but it’s the main purpose that theaters are pursuing this tech. Studios could gain beneficial information and work to improve the movie goer experience. We think this will be implemented sooner than later, but probably not to the benefit of consumers…

6. Concert lasers, LEDs & Lights –
Similar to the movie theater idea, but an implementation that could be far more fun. Imagine if the crowd at a concert was able to stimulate the lights, lasers and leds by dancing harder or putting their hands in the air. We know bands generally have ‘light guys’, but if a band told the audience, you control this song… think how wild everyone would dance! It already feels like the crowd controls the vibes, why not let them excite the lights during a couple tunes as well! Phish, we’re talking to you!

Check out this Ted Video where John Underkoffler points to the future of UI… What other ideas do you think motion control could be used for?