As detailed in the patent's claims, that includes controlling a virtual object on a screen with two simultaneous touch inputs, as well as virtual controllers displayed on the screen that can also respond to touch input.
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The ultimate solution to difficult-to-use touch-screen infotainment and navigation systems could be technology that renders jabbing virtual buttons on a screen unnecessary.
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The Dare, also from LG, is a stylish iPhone lookalike that likewise uses a virtual keyboard on its screen.
Pirates also enjoy virtual anonymity through multiple screen names, the paper says.
In this program, a person hooked up to the EEG sensors learned to maneuver a virtual cube around a screen using mental commands like those he or she might use when controlling a car.
It contrasts sharply with the strikingly vivid and anatomically correct virtual patients on the computer screen nearby.
The prototype includes a special touch screen and a virtual keyboard.
Paid services offer more extensive remote access, including the ability to turn on a phone, operate its camera, pull up a virtual copy of its home screen and monitor activity on the device.
Or they can move about the living room to bat objects around on the screen, such as virtual lions and monkeys.
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An actual iPad does appear in the episode, and with a working birthday cake app where you can apparently blow on the screen to extinguish the virtual candles (which may be an iPad version of this iPhone app).
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Touch screens have particular appeal in portable devices because virtual buttons and other controls appear on screen only when required.
Placing a card on the table, I pointed one of the 3DS cameras at it, and on the 3D screen, watched as a virtual bullseye popped up into existence.
The visuals for many songs were simply the lyrics rendered in a kind of ticker-tape typeface, crawling across the screen as lines undulated in the virtual background.
As I moved the 3DS to the left and right, an accelerometer inside the device tracked the motion, and on the screen, I rotated around the virtual target.
One of the 3, 452 enhancements Meizu implemented is the "Smart Bar, " where Meizu has somehow merged the app's bottom menu bar and the system's virtual soft key bar for the sake of screen space and intuitiveness.
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In my virtual interview, Chris Wallace sees through the smoke screen and goes after the real issues.
Hook up a flat-panel screen, and you can even take virtual rides of Tour de France hill climbs and other famous cycling trips.
Additionally, the Android soft keys are no longer virtual -- you can access them below the screen at any time, and we dig that.
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The iPhone has a larger screen than BlackBerry, a better (virtual) keyboard, a GPS map, and a unique configuration of Internet, phone, iPod, and calendar tools.
It wasn't long before everyone was making their own, virtual, appearance in Doctor Who as "green screen" technology allowed them to be placed in the set alongside the stars.
Instead of drinking stale coffee from a Styrofoam cup while leaning over a salesman's desk, the Maybach customer relaxes in a rich leather chair and sips from a china cup as his virtual car comes to life on a flat plasma screen.
For instance, users can select a color by touching a virtual palette and then "paint" images on the screen with fingers or a brush.
The idea of bending over to pick up a virtual tennis racket in front of that 50-inch flat screen in our living room makes perfect sense to us.
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Instead of kidding yourself that a particularly nice get-up on the screen will fit, you can look at a virtual representation of the clothes on your body via a Web cam.
Like a motion-controlled video gaming system, the Virtual Music Instrument employs a camera that is mounted on a computer screen and aimed at someone, capturing their gestures.
These ranged from jumping and flying games to a yoga simulator and Star Wars shooter, in which players control a virtual light sabre and use hand gestures to control action on the screen.
Moving over to a side stage, Harwell was able to perform another tune--and this time, the main screen of the keynote stage showed a full-on virtual Smash Mouth, with digital avatars of each band member reflecting their real-world movements.
Instead of drinking stale coffee from a Styrofoam cup while leaning over a salesman's desk, the Maybach customer relaxes in a rich leather chair and sips from a china cup as his virtual car comes to life on a 50-inch flat plasma screen.
Me completely reorganizes your home screen by acting as a search engine and Siri-like virtual assistant.
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