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USC Researchers Demonstrate Real-Life Gmail Motion

Posted by timothy on from the when-reality-trumps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In this tongue-in-cheek video, researchers at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies take playful jabs at Google as they demonstrate their software controlling Gmail with a Microsoft Kinect sensor. The gesture controls are strikingly similar to those jokingly suggested by Google in their fictional Gmail Motion application, posted as an April Fools' day prank. The researchers have made their software available for free on their website."

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  1. Who didn't see this coming? by devincook · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously... anytime anyone posts a good idea (even slightly outlandish) on the internet with no implementation, it gets implemented. How awesome would a combination hooker and blackjack machine be? Have at it, internet.

    1. Re:Who didn't see this coming? by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's great, isn't it? It's speech recognition software for people who use sign language.

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