Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Kinect-Like Gesture System for iPad to Be Demoed at CES

gkp said:
you are watching P**N?
😕
Click to expand...

it would get really aggravating, because you'd start scrolling up and down really fast and wouldn't be able to see anything. unless you're a girl, in which case everything would go around in a circle, haha.
 
the lag is the issue however you can already get a program that does this on mac, you use it for itunes cover art and interaction, it uses your image in the webcam. Sorry but not impressed yet.... if it can recognize feet however then i will be impressed!!!
 
scott523 said:
Even though this isn't real (yet?) but I don't see Star Trek people waving their hands like that.
Click to expand...

Oooo. But remember the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still" movie?

Remember how the spaceman ran the gizmos inside his ship? With large Theremin-like gestures to open doors, turn on communications, etc.
 

Attachments

  • iPad-Mini-580x393.jpg
    iPad-Mini-580x393.jpg
    44.4 KB · Views: 119
What's so natural about this? I thought this is why there's no touch screens in the iMac. I don't see this doing much or taking off.
 
Paschendael said:
this is useless for an ipad but could be interesting with the apple tv, of course with a larger range so you can control your device from your sofa.
Click to expand...

I agree.. I don't see a use for this on an iPad or even a desktop or a laptop. The only true use I see here is with TV or media that you are far enough away to not be able to physically touch it... plus the interfaces currently showing up for TVs is very basic.. motion navigation could be very useful.
 
_iCeb0x_ said:
That was the first thing that came to my mind. Using the iPad in-car.

I always wanted to have a "carputer", long before the iPad was announced. Lately, I was thinking about getting an iPad and a vehicle-mount for it, but I was a little worried that I would have to hit a "small" interface element just to skip to the next track.

If they can make this gadget work, they'll have my money.
Click to expand...
You may or may not already know this... or even care.

But i just wanted to let you know there is already applications (some for free) that make it so simple taps, or swipes can change songs/volume. Good stuff, I use this when driving all the time, with my iPhone though.

I think an iPad would be sorta large for in-car??
 
tarkeybear said:
Now at the consumer level, probably less practical use.
Could see it being handy if I was using an electronic cookbook in the kitchen and I didn't want to get all sorts of juice, oils or syrups all over my iPad. Swiping to scroll down without touching might be nice.
Maybe at the gym, keep my sweaty fingers off the device as well...
Click to expand...

Well unless you sneaky about it. Base a system on say one handed sign language, make it popular so everyone wants to use it. Suddenly the world becomes more accessable to the hearing impaired. Which is going to lots of us in later years thanks to rock music and portable audio.
 
I see this right now as being the most pointless of things, though with real development and in a few years time, I believe gesture control for certain tasks will be the way of the future.

Though it would have to be far more sophisticated, you would need to have a way to control anything from almost any position without a care about what you're doing, I think that is its biggest issue, you need to be quite consistent in your movements to get them to register your input.
 
You have to be that close you might as well just touch the damn thing.

This would only be useful if there was no touch screen.

Like a MacBook
 
...

if he could only reach one inch further he could just touch the screen and not have to move his hand so much to get it to scroll. Alas he must have been born with stubby arms so this is his only hope
 
Small White Car said:
To all those saying "pointless," remember that early technology rarely resembles the final product.

Who looked at the early multi-touch examples 5 years ago (on large, heavy screens) and envisioned the iPad? Steve did.
Click to expand...

I guess I understand the point that you are making, but I think these are two completely different things. Touch has been talked about for years, because it is logical. You are presented with something on the screen and you touch whatever that is in order to interact with it.

In this video, I watched the whole time just thinking... Wouldn't it be easier to just touch and move the items on the screen? He is doing these over exaggerated motions on a simple movement like swiping one page to the left or right. Now what happens when you want to swipe several pages? Every time you have to move your hand back to the other side, the screen will track that movement and you are back where you started.
 
Last edited:
Small White Car said:
My guess? Face and eye tracking on iPads and iPhones.
Click to expand...

I totally agree... but It'll never work with ultrasound. I just think this implementation is pointless. The ridiculous part about it is that a week after this is demoed, iPad will get a front facing camera and engineers will simply be able to use the camera for this type of interaction + face/eye recognition.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back