German Researchers Show Off a Gesture-Based Interface

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 10, 2010 @11:50AM from the amazon-patent-trolls-crouch-and-drool dept.

smitty777 writes "The folks at the Potsdam University have developed a user interface based completely on hand gestures. A small(ish) device worn around the neck is used to track the hand position, allowing the user to draw, type, or gesture in the air. You think it looks ridiculous when you can't tell that folks are talking on a cell phone? Imagine a bus full of people gesturing in thin air. Also, don't forget to turn this thing off, or it will look like your cat was walking on your keyboard." Update: 06/11 00:54 GMT by T : This informative comment (kudos!) adds links to a video demonstration and the researcher's own site.

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Re:Two words by Hognoxious · 2010-06-10 18:04 · Score: 0, Troll

Quickly drawing simple shapes for whatever reason is not something you're going to be doing for 30 minutes at a time.
It's not something any sane person does at all.
Very cute, solution looking for a problem. Talking of problems, how about this?

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