Project Jacquard

Project Jacquard:

Project Jacquard makes it possible to weave touch and gesture interactivity into any textile using standard, industrial looms. Everyday objects such as clothes and furniture can be transformed into interactive surfaces.

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ATAP’s ‘Soli’ Radar-Based Gesture Control Could Be The Perfect Wearable Interface | TechCrunch

ATAP’s ‘Soli’ Radar-Based Gesture Control Could Be The Perfect Wearable Interface | TechCrunch:

Google’s ATAP Project Soli is an attempt to harness the power of hand and finger manipulation to make it easier to interact with ever-smaller devices and screens. It posits that instead of using tools, we should use our “hand motion vocabulary” to control devices, even when the devices aren’t present.

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Apple's multitouch 'fusion keyboard' invention with multitouch keys could replace touchpads

Apple's multitouch 'fusion keyboard' invention with multitouch keys could replace touchpads:



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Apple wins patent on Kinect-like depth mapping technology for 3D gesture interfaces

Apple wins patent on Kinect-like depth mapping technology for 3D gesture interfaces:



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Apple Patents Learning Computer Vision For Gesture Control | TechCrunch

TechCrunch Reports:

Apple has a new patent (via AppleInsider) for 3D gesture control, specifically describing the tech used to help a computer identify hand motions made by a user. The patent goes into detail about how the system can not only recognize gestures, but learn them so well that it can even spot them when part of the hand making the gesture is blocked or not visible by the camera, leading to greater accuracy overall.

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Apple patent points to in-air 3D gesture UI for Apple TV, Mac and beyond

Apple patent points to in-air 3D gesture UI for Apple TV, Mac and beyond:



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BMW Shows Off Gesture Controls And Automated Parking | TechCrunch

Another car manufacturer is looking at gesture controls:



BMW Shows Off Gesture Controls And Automated Parking | TechCrunch: "BMW is showing off a bunch of new or new-ish technologies this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. On the just-announced side, there are in-development gesture-based controls — so, thanks to an in-car camera, you may soon be able to draw circles in the air to adjust the volume of your music, or point in a certain way to answer a phone call."



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