The goal of keeping a camera at a price point where it can be had by as many people as possible was always in the designer's mind.

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Of course, that'll only happen if the popularity of this camera reaches a tipping point.

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To demonstrate the overhanging motion sensor, a camera was positioned at the same point, visualizing a yellow box to show when the system detected movement toward the multimodal controller and a red box to show if hands were near the gearstick.

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