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The Telegraph.co.uk has an interesting story about a TV developed to sense hand gestures as a means of control, rather than using the traditional remote. Following on from all the hype regarding the combined gesture/hardware remote of the Nintendo Wii, Toshiba’s TV trumps that by doing away with the hardware altogether.
The system uses a small camera (currently mounted on the TV), plus some clever software to differentiate (a) the hand and (b) the movement itself, from the background.
Of course, we’ve also seen a ton of developments in recent months around motion/gesture control in mobile devices – from the iPhone, to N95, to LG devices (using accelerometers) – but could we envisage a situation one day (soonish) where you have a “Minority Report”-like interface to multiple consumer devices?
Toshiba believe this tech could be within TVs in five years – who knows where mobile development will have got to then?!!
[Via: Telegraph.co.uk / Image via: MASONS]
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Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
