MIT Contest Winner 3dim Brings Gesture Control to Mobile Devices - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ

MIT Contest Winner 3dim Brings Gesture Control to Mobile Devices - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ:

"The winner of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s 2013 MIT $100k business-plan competition, 3dim Tech, has created software that brings “gestural interaction” to smart mobile devices of any kind."

CES 2014: Intel Shows Off Its Depth-Detecting Camera [Video] | Popular Science

CES 2014: Intel Shows Off Its Depth-Detecting Camera [Video] | Popular Science:

"It’s part of a push by Intel to create a series of sensors under their RealSense banner that are more intuitive, and the tech is coming to gadgets from a bunch of manufacturers, like Dell, Lenovo, and HP. The company also showed off some gesture recognition tech for tablets, Leap Motion style, that could be used with the camera. "

Amazon planning 2014 smartphone with advanced 3D gesture & eye tracking input - source

AppleInsider reports:

Amazon's rumored flagship smartphone is said to include a total of six compact camera modules. Four of them are reportedly VGA cameras, located at the four corners of the device, that will allow for 3D gesture and eye tracking.

Google applies for patent on gesture-based car controls

Engadget reports: Google applies for patent on gesture-based car controls.

I happen to know that researches at CMU were experimenting with something similar. I wonder if it might constitute prior art.

Elon Musk demonstrates gesture-based 3D CAD workstation

In futuristic setup using Leap Motion Elon Musk demonstrates how they use gestures to operate CAD system.