By simply making a circular hand motion, users can control the camera's zoom functions.
U.S. video game sector retail sales fell 9% in December from a year, according to market research firm NPD, and the total would have been even lower had it not been for the new Kinect hand- free motion controller for the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360.
The hand itself has several degrees of motion, and is controlled using the same nerve signals that are used to control a biological hand.
In addition, there is a whole language of nods, head moves, eyebrow motion, and hand gestures that regulate connected conversation.
Research in Motion on the other hand has invested heavily developing its soon to be released Blackberry 10 OS. Early reviews are favorable, and its likely Research in Motion wants to bring this to market for a hail Mary pass rather than throw in the towel now.
In Saginaw, they are experiencing first hand the collision of two economies in motion, of Chinese ambition and American pride.
San Francisco startup Leap Motion Inc. has just started taking preorders for its motion sensor technology that precisely tracks hand gestures and reflects the movements on screen.
This can then move through weather, music and map programs, which are all integrated into the car's touchscreen, while an overhanging motion sensor will also detect where your hand is headed.
Jones has performed as a monster so many times that Spectral Motion keeps a full-body cast of him on hand.
OK, so this whole speculative fervor around Research In Motion shares is starting to get a little out of hand.
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Instead of a hand-sized game pad studded with joysticks and buttons, or the motion sensitive wand used on the Wii, the Wii U is controlled essentially by a tablet computer.
Additionally, taking self-portraits or group shots are easy thanks to Samsung's unique Gesture Shot, which applies motion-sensing technology so that users can control the camera remotely using hand gestures alone.
According to company CEO Michael Buckwald, who I caught up with recently for the NextMarket podcast, the Leap Motion controller can identify the sub-millimeter tremor or jitter in our hand that is unique to each of us.
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Like the Treo devices from Handspring (nasdaq: HAND - news - people ) and the Blackberry devices from Research In Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ), this PDA has a thumb-operated QWERTY keyboard.
With Samsung's unique Gesture Shot, which uses motion-sensing technology, users can zoom and snap a photo with simple hand motions from across the room.
With the new Air Mouse app, the user's natural hand movements can drive more powerful presentation delivery, more interactive classroom lectures, and more immersive motion gaming.
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Furthermore, to help ensure everyone is included in that group shot, the MV900F touts Samsung's ground-breaking Gesture Shot, which uses motion-sensing technology so that users can zoom and snap a photo with simple hand motions from across the room.
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Leap Motion impressed attendees by enabling people to throw away the mouse and control computers with natural hand gestures, allowing users to literally mold their ideas on the screen.
Based on the smartphone's orientation and motion, the handset automatically determines whether or not it is being held in the user's hand.
"I get a lot of requests from viewers who have a limited range of motion asking me to split standard controllers in half or downsize a controller so it fits in one hand, " said Ben.
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Into this fusion, the fine-detail of the hand and gestural body is about to enter, and it is the developers, and innovative platform makers like Leap Motion, who will take us there.
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