In one of the most intriguing videos I’ve seen in a while, GestureTek demos a possible glimpse into how we may interact with our mobile phones in the future. The demo shows how this new technology may be utilized when two people are trying to set up a meeting with the calendars on their phones.
Now this is not GestureTek’s first venture– far from it. GestureTek has been released many great gesture-based products. Their website itself describes what they do best, “Gesture control for interactive surfaces, signs, displays, surfaces and games.” A short video of some of their other services can be found here. The company recently demoed some of their newer products that will support Android and Symbian– Momo, and Eymo. Momo is a mix of motion and face recognition software that will someday make it to smartphones. Momo can then later be implemented into applications that require gesture-based interactions. Eyemo uses a mobile phone’s camera to sense motion, which can allow for navigation without touching your device. Eyemo can even be implemented into features phones with slower processors. Where the technology is there, it seems possibly a little difficult to navigate through your device, when most cameras are located on the back. That surely won’t halt the development, it should be easy enough to hold the phone in one hand and gesture with the other. While these were announced for Android and Symbian at the time, Windows Mobile developers can already take advantage of the technology.
In a way, the technology almost looks like SkinPut, only, well, not on skin. The ability to have an image projected from your phone that you can interact with absolutely astounds me. While GestureTek is making the technology into a reality, it’s The Astonishing Tribe’s (TAT)keen eye on design that created the interface.
The video below is very short, but says all you need to see to get the point. For two devices to recognize each other and sync their own information just by sitting one right next the one another.. that’s the sh*t!