reporter: research recent at intel labs seattle are cooking up something new. 3-d technology that turns your kitchen counter into an interactive touch screen surface. it s called oasis. the oasis system uses cameras to turn everyday work space into an intelligence space where objects that come in get recognized and give you access to a whole world of digital information. reporter: you just put an item on the counter, a camera and computer work together to identify it. there s nothing special about the objects we re using. there are no bar codes or special tags on these. reporter: then a projector creates a touch-screen display right at your fingertips. put two items together like this steak and pepper and oasis gives recipe suggestions, timers and cooking instructions all appears right on the counterpat top. you can store what you ve learned in a virtual drawer .the
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3d technology that turns your kitchen counter into an interactive touch screen surface. it s called oasis. the oasis system using cameras to turn on everyday work space into an intelligent space where objects that come in get recognized and give you access to digital information. reporter: just put an item on the counter, a camera and computer work together to identify it. there s nothing special about the objects we re using. no bar codes or special tags on these. reporter: then projector creates a display at your fingertips. put two items together, and recipe suggestions are giving, all appearing right on the countertop. when finished store what you ve learned in a virtual drawer. researchers are also taking oasis out of the kitchen to see what else it can do exciting to take this unit and drop it down