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Cellphone as Virtual Mouse, Keyboard

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-isn't-that-clever dept.

stab writes "Check this out! High Energy Magic have announced a public beta of software to let you use your camera-phone as a physical mouse by just pointing and clicking and rotating it in the air. Some very cool videos available: check out the volume control and flight booking ones in particular! The tags used are really robust - they did a wastebasket torture test for a bit of fun as well :-)"

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  1. Astroturf... by batgimp · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not entirely sure about that. The submitter doesn't really have anything to do with HEM. Googling his email address will give you a page with the following:

    "Anil Madhavapeddy
    I am currently a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, in the Systems Research Group. Current research interests include improving operating systems security, audio networking, and creating more sensible compilers. In addition, I enjoy developing free software, primarily the secure OpenBSD operating system."

    So why do you think it's Astroturf ?