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Introducing The Full-Body Mouse

Its so true though, while I can see gesture controls being a fun 30 second novelty type interface at say a kid's museum or something, its so obviously tiring to be waving around your arms like in all the movies for their overly dramatic gesture based control systems... the only excuse is the Matrix where granted they are holding their arms out on touchscreens all day, but they are in a dream world so physics doesn't apply... after all, do you think that's air you're breathing?
 
I actually think this is the future of device interaction, but they are WAAAY over exaggerating gestures. It should be something that 90% can be done with hand and finger movements - like a signing language.
 
Ducman69 said:
Its so true though, while I can see gesture controls being a fun 30 second novelty type interface at say a kid's museum or something, its so obviously tiring to be waving around your arms like in all the movies for their overly dramatic gesture based control systems... the only excuse is the Matrix where granted they are holding their arms out on touchscreens all day, but they are in a dream world so physics doesn't apply... after all, do you think that's air you're breathing?
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Reminds me of when Kinect hand gestures were enabled in the Xbox 360 Netflix app. At first there was no way to turn them off. Had to sit on my hands the entire movie to avoid accidentally triggering something.

Annoying as all hell.

Besides, the control is definitely going to be less precise, and more tiring than by just using a plan old mouse. No thanks.
 
weebling1 said:
I actually think this is the future of device interaction, but they are WAAAY over exaggerating gestures. It should be something that 90% can be done with hand and finger movements - like a signing language.
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Somehow I doubt this will ever be the future of computing. Its not just efficient. People will still be using mouse + keyboard until you can just put on a headset and control shit with your thoughts.
 
magoo said:
I liked the chairs.:eek:
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Totally agree with you. It is the one thing I actually wanted from that video.

Imagine the chaos you'd have in an office with gestures. Throw a paper dart at a colleague to cause chaos. What happens when you turn to pick up your coffee to drink? Or even worse, accidentally knock a coffee cup over and have all those hand movements also mirrored to the screen. Imagine the chaos a cat will cause. :D

I also want to know how these people are going to enter text - are we assuming they are also talking to those screens? They have to sit back to allow space for the gestures, but will also have to sit forward to get nearer to a mic :rolleyes:
 
weebling1 said:
I actually think this is the future of device interaction, but they are WAAAY over exaggerating gestures. It should be something that 90% can be done with hand and finger movements - like a signing language.
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I really fail to see why anyone thinks this. Honestly it has been proven over and over and over that motion control is just vastly inferior to other input methods in so many ways. The biggest being that having your arms in the air for any period of time just isn't going top happen. Sure there might be some highly specialized niche uses for it, but the future as in mainstream? Not going to happen.
 
Probably good that someone is pursuing this technology, I think it can be put to good use someplace.

The sensors used for something like this could be combined with occulus rift for some good fps/hand to hand combat type games or simulators.

It looks too cumbersome for office use... maybe it would have exercise side effects that would give it more appeal... but I can't see an office using something like this (unless it's in Austin with a bunch of hipsters)
 
Video is like a special-needs reenactment of Minority Report
 
I knew it'd be some hipster shit the second I realized it was on Vimeo.
 
Looks like a bad episode of Portlandia, who in their right mind would use something like this...oh yeah, Oregon hipsters. I walked through downtown yesterday and omg, the clothes...I'm unique! I'm different! I look like I walked off the set of the Crow! 1994 value village. Damn hipsters.
 
bucketlist said:
And pelvic thrusts to click for porn web pages....
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Well played!

Anyone ever played with the Leap motion controller? It looks cool but totally sucks in actual usage.

If you combine that kind of technology with an Oculus Rift, might be useful. Otherwise, no thanks. Mouse + Keyboard wins.
 
I can see hand gestures being used on a glass desk type of thing but not waving your hands in the air for a long periods of time. I use to have a Logitech MX Cordless Air Mouse that you could hold in the air and use and it grew tiresome really fast. It got some laughs during presentations at work though. Waste of money, I ended up selling it.
 
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