Goodbye remote, hello hand signals... those pesky remotes might be on the way out as technology continues to advance around gesture recognition.
Samuel Burke explains.
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THE TV REMOTE CONTROL...
CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY OF A BYGONE ERA, IN LIVING ROOMS SINCE 1950
NOW, REPLACED....BY THIS:
YOUR HAND.
"Oh I'm just turning on my TV"
TODAY, COMPANIES ARE LOOKING AT GESTURE-CONTROLLED TECHNOLOGY TO DISRUPT THE WAY YOU INTERACT WITH YOUR TV AND YOUR ENTIRE HOME.
"EYESIGHT" IS AN ISRAELI START-UP LEADING THE CHARGE WITH A SMALL GESTURE CONTROLLED, SET-TOP BOX IT CALLS "SINGLE CUE."
THE CEO BARELY LIFTED A FINGER, TO SHOW HOW IT WORKS:
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YOU USE YOUR FINGER TO SCROLL AND THEN PINCH TO CLICK WHICH DEVICE YOU WANT. THEN YOU SCROLL TO A SETTING LIKE VOLUME AND START CLICKING UP OR DOWN.
(Samuel Burke, CNN) "Is it a camera or is it a censor?"
(Gideon Shmuel CEO, eyeSight) "They are the same. It's the kind of camera you find on a mobile phone, but we don't use it to take pictures. We use it find an object in space so your hand or a finger is an object and then track the object."
(Samuel Burke, CNN) "I can turn up Christiane. I can turn down Christiane. Something I'd never do in real life"
GESTURE SENSORS HAD A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN 2010 WHEN XBOX BROUGHT THE KINECT INTO MILLIONS OF HOMES.
BMW IS DEMOING HAND GESTURE CENSORS TO CONTROL THE AIR CONDITIONING AND RADIO ON DASHBOARDS.
SINGLECUE, WHICH BEGINS SHIPPING IN AUGUST AND STARTS AT $179, BILLS ITSELF AS FIRST TO MARKET WITH "FINGERTIP-LEVEL RECOGNITION" TO CONTROL VIRTUALLY ANYTHING IN OUR HOMES WITH A CORD OR WIFI CONNECTION:
OTHERS ARE MORE SKEPTICAL AND SEE CONFUSION AHEAD.
(David Goldman/CNN Money) Every single gadget you have is going to have a different way of controlling it now where you might have to change the channel like that going on one TV but another TV you have to change the channel by going like that. You're going to have to learn that with every single device.
DESPITE CONCERNS GESTURE CONTROL ONCE ONLY IMAGINABLE IN SCIENCE FICTION FILMS LIKE MINORITY REPORT COULD SET TO ENTER MANY PARTS OF OUR LIVES THAT THIS DEVICE NEVER DID.
SAMUEL BURKE CNN HERZLIYA ISRAEL
Instructional Links
Magazine Article: EBSCO Explora, Your Face Could Replace Your Password, Newsweek Global. 7/4/2014
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