A No-Touching 3D Computer Interface

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 28, 2009 @01:45AM 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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I'm so sorry... by pHus10n · 2009-04-28 01:52 · Score: 5, Funny

"...the user simply waves their hand above it in the air..." These are not the droids you're looking for.
If my experience with a Theremin means anything... by nani+popoki · 2009-04-28 02:03 · 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.