Electrical near-field 3D gesture interface
November 14, 2012
Microchip Technology has introduced GestIC, a configurable 3-D gesture controller that allows users to interact with their devices using hand/finger position tracking and intuitive free-space gestures in real time. The device is only available as a development kit. Applications include:
- Notebooks/Keyboards/PC Peripherals
- Mobile phones
- Tablet computers
- Electronic readers
- Remote controls
- Game controllers
Video Source: Microchip Technology
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GestIC
A New Chip to Bring 3-D Gesture Control to Smartphones
Comments (6)
by GAUSS
What if your “desktop” was actually a 3D virtual space? That is, “icons” would show up as actual blocks, you could organize things like a 3D room and either “walk” or “swim” through the space. Pair that with 3D glasses etc., you’d get an awesome experience.
by GAUSS
It’s almost Christmas. Adding this to my wishlist. :D
by Jerrod Carter
Looks like a knock-off of the Leap. http://www.LeapMotion.com
by Mimsyborogove923
Read “Competition”. But actually this looks to be much less sensitive than the Leap. This one doesn’t seem like it would work for some of the really precise drawing and modeling that was demonstrated with the Leap.
by Travis Deyle
Please be more careful about using the word “first”. This sort of fringing-field capacitive gesture recognition was “first” done in freespace in the mid-1990′s at MIT. For example, check out the work by Josh Smith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6JnLTjySuc
http://www.hizook.com/blog/2010/01/14/bode-plots-fish-awesome-electric-field-sensing-fish
I expect better of Kurzweil AI reporting.
by Editor
Thanks, fixed and video added.