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<\/div>\n\nAll the big guys have been receiving their golden tickets<\/a> this morning. So what can little sites like TUAW do to play along? Why, Zapruder the heck out of the invite of course. Zaprudering, as the SciFicast explains<\/a>, “is a neologism derived from the Zapruder film, the amateur 8mm film that is the only known visual record of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It’s used here to indicate painstaking analysis of the trailer.” Zaprudering refers to a detailed extraction of evidence from a limited set of image data.<\/p>\n As you can see in the image at the top of this post, several features stood out to our TUAW team. Mike Rose was first to notice that the art used spray paint rather than finger paint, as you might expect for a tablet event invite. “Could this be a hint of MacPaint Pro?” asked Steve Sande. “That would harken back to the original Mac (MacPaint) and be very cool.”<\/p>\n Dave Caolo noticed that the Apple logo front-and-center, along with the thin (tablet-shaped?) border pointed to a Macbook-like presentation. It would be awesome if the tablet really could mimic and\/or replace many laptop features, although all early Humint rumors<\/a> point to an iPhoneOS-only system.<\/p>\n So what does the art-styled presentation hint at? To most of the team, this seemed a vote for augmented reality interaction a la Excelitech’s Virtual Graffiti app [iTunes link<\/a>]. Maybe we’ll be able to interact in new ways with maps and images through a touch-based interface.<\/p>\n Will the target audience differ from the anticipated Kindle crowd? Maybe this touch-based creation will be aimed more at tangible creative media than at simple video and book display? Maybe the rumors about gestures gone wild with a high-powered CPU we’ve been reading about<\/a> give a better sense of who Apple is aiming their “latest creation” at.<\/p>\n What do you think? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n Update:<\/strong> Commenters point out that the colors used almost perfectly match the current nano line.<\/p>\n Update:<\/strong> TUAW’s Megan Lavey adds “I think Apple is announcing the release of its interactive paintball set. It uses the built-in iSight camera. You mad at someone? Click a button on iChat and the paint color of your choice blasts that person in the eye.” *hee*<\/p>\n TUAW<\/a>Zaprudering the invite: Obsessive fun with TUAW<\/a> originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)<\/a> on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read<\/a> | Permalink<\/a> | Email this<\/a> | Comments<\/a> <\/p>\n Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/h6>\n