GESTURE CONTROLS

Canesta-powered webcams enable an entirely new human-machine interface: gestures. Canesta cameras can identify the user (and, unlike 2D cameras, eliminate extraneous background images and objects that enter or leave the frame) and monitor the user for specific gestures that correspond to various commands. Gesture interfaces introduce a range of compelling and innovative uses, including:

 

 

The future of... Remote Controls (reported by SmartPlanet)

How often do you lose the TV remote? SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das explains why the days of digging under couch cushions may be numbered thanks to sensors and chips that can "see" and "understand" hand gestures..

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TV User Interface

A television settop box with an integrated Canesta-based camera can accept commands from a viewer. Basic gestures could control volume and channel changes, invoke the program guide, or pause/play a DVR.



Video Description: Prototype TV Gestural User Experience - Working prototype utilizing Canesta's electronic perception technology illustrates gestural experience in development.

Gesture-Controlled PC Interface

With Canesta technology a webcam can become a user-interface device by interpreting common gestures as software or system commands. A simple flick of the wrist can instruct the PC to raise or lower volume, flip through photos, zoom in on pictures, change songs, or other tasks.

 

Natural Avatar Control

In sophisticated game simulations, users can forego keyboard and mice input and use gestures to control their own avatars for a more engaging and entertaining experience.