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A No-Touching 3D Computer Interface

Posted by timothy on from the in-development dept.

Justin Schunick points out a video demonstration of a 3D input system which senses the user's hand position, but without requiring the user to touch a controller or wear a trackable position indicator. From the provided description: "Utilizing the theory of electrostatics, we have designed a low-cost human-computer interface device that has the ability to track the position of a user's hand in three dimensions. Physical contact is not required and the user does not need to hold a controller or attach markers to their body. To control the device, the user simply waves their hand above it in the air."

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  1. If my experience with a Theremin means anything... by nani+popoki · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... then maybe a no-touch interface is not going to work well for me. I found the Theremin to be almost impossible to play because there was no way to get my hand in exactly the same x-y-z coordinate and with the same roll-yaw-pitch attitude (all of which affected the frequency of the oscillator). YMMV, of course.

  2. 5ft x 5ft x 5ft mouse pad? by eatvegetables · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Honey, look at this cool 5ft x 5ft x 5ft mouse pad that I just bought for our laptop!

    Interesting from a tech, nerd perspective I suppose. However, a web cam and a computer vision gesture control app can produce the same effect much more efficiently.

  3. Touch interface fitness required by worip · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Your arms are going to get tired very quickly using this interface... Maybe we should rather work on perfecting those mind control interfaces.

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