Microsoft gets handy with wrist-mounted Digits system
Real hand gestures (bottom row) and their Digits representations.
(Credit: Microsoft )
From Kinect to Windows 8, Microsoft has fingered gesture recognition as the future of the user interface.
Now Microsoft researchers are aiming to improve the accuracy and mobility of gesture-controlled interfaces with a new project called Digits.
The prototype system, unveiled today, involves a sensor worn on the user’s wrist, which captures the position of their hand in 3D and translates it into software commands.
The system allows discrete or continuous gestures to be used to navigate software — for…
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