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Giving Your Computer Interface the Finger

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let-your-fingers-do-the-computing dept.

moon_unit2 writes "Tech Review has a story about a startup that's developed software capable of tracking not just hand movements but precise finger gestures. The setupm from 3Gear, requires two depth-sensing cameras (aka Kinects) at the top corners of your display. Then simply give your computer thumbs up — or whatever other gesture you might feel like — and it'll know what you're doing. The software is available for free while the product is in beta testing, if you want to give it a try."

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  1. Hmm, I may have to clean my desk... by schwep · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now that the computer overloards can measure how messy my desk is I better make the place look respectible!

    Does this mean I need to dress up to use my computer now?

    1. Re:Hmm, I may have to clean my desk... by plover · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now that the computer overloards can measure how messy my desk is I better make the place look respectible!

      Does this mean I need to dress up to use my computer now?

      Pants are optional, but recommended for you.

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    2. Re:Hmm, I may have to clean my desk... by Soft+Cosmic+Rusk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, it might interpret it as a "thumbs up"... Come to think of it, that interpretation would probably be correct anyway.

  2. ASL translator by n8k99 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This would be really interesting interface if it had a library of American Sign Language gestures and fingerspelling capabilities.

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  3. Leapmotion by Hunter+Shoptaw · · Score: 3, Informative

    Leap has a system coming in December that does this.

  4. Re:Curious by clickety6 · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens when I wave my wang at it.
    You'll probably have to adjust the zoom...

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