{"id":581080,"date":"2010-05-27T09:41:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T13:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=159893"},"modified":"2010-05-27T09:41:28","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T13:41:28","slug":"airswing-toshiba%e2%80%99s-gesture-based-ui-system-in-action-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/581080","title":{"rendered":"AirSwing: Toshiba\u2019s gesture-based UI system in action (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Natural user interfaces using gestures aren’t really new<\/a>, but AirSwing, a technology developed by Toshiba, offers something unique: it neither requires expensive hardware nor substantial CPU resources to work. After installing AirSwing (which is in prototype stage) on your computer, all you need is just a conventional web cam as the input device to start.<\/p>\n

In fact, NEC claims their UI system uses only 3% of the processing power of a 400MHz ARM 11 CPU. The way it works is that the display shows a semi-transparent image of the user, a menu and the content the user is supposed to interact with. It’s then possible move around or select pieces of content, for example flick through photos in a photo gallery, simply by making gestures.<\/p>\n

The idea is that because AirSwing users see a picture of themselves on the screen, it’s clear for them where to “press” a virtual button or how to move hands at all times. Once it’s ready, Toshiba plans to market AirSwing to digital signage companies.<\/p>\n

As you can see in the video below, Toshiba has some kinks to iron out before that can happen though:
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