{"id":645596,"date":"2013-03-06T08:43:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=771609"},"modified":"2013-03-06T08:43:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:43:30","slug":"hand-recognition-gesture-support-landing-on-microsoft-kinect-for-windows-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/645596","title":{"rendered":"Hand Recognition, Gesture Support Landing On Microsoft Kinect For Windows Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/10\/kinect-for-windows-sensor.png?w=100&amp;h=70&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"kinect-for-windows-sensor\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Kinect is arguably Microsoft&#8217;s most important innovation of the past decade, and has done more for changing the nature of computer interaction than pretty much any other recently created input devices. Today, Microsoft Research has demoed how it&#8217;s about to get even better, with the addition of hand recognition complete with refined gesture support.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is showing off the new features at its TechFest even this week at Redmond HQ, and <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2013\/3\/6\/4069598\/kinect-for-windows-hand-detection-hands-on\">The Verge has a video of the new capabilities in action<\/a>. As you can see from the video, you can use pinch-to-zoom, as well as hand gripping motions that allow for panning and scrolling too. The technique employs machine learning to recognize the difference between an open and closed hand, which is then integrated into Windows games and apps.<\/p>\n<form id=\"wpcom-iframe-form-d75a72802e46f5231035d048198ab3bd\"  method=\"post\" action=\"http:\/\/wpcomwidgets.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"frameborder\" value=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"scrolling\" value=\"no\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"resize\" value=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"replace_attributes\" value=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"fallback\" value=\"&lt;p class=&quot;protected-embed-fallback&quot;&gt;This embed is invalid&lt;\/p&gt;\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_data\" value=\"PHNjcmlwdCBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9wbGF5ZXIub295YWxhLmNvbS9pZnJhbWUuanMjcGJpZD1kY2M4NGU0MWRiMDE0NDU0YjA4NjYyYTc2NjA1N2UyYiZlYz1RMVlteDNPVHJZcEVQQ1RabDBkTkI0Z3hXSTI3SXhVSiI+PC9zY3JpcHQ+,fef01df6fc978090d6b52cb8f9becd8083d36252\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_tag\" value=\"protected-iframe\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_hash\" value=\"d75a72802e46f5231035d048198ab3bd\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/form>\n<p>\t\t<iframe name=\"wpcom-iframe-d75a72802e46f5231035d048198ab3bd\" width=\"\" height=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" ><\/iframe><br \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.getElementById('wpcom-iframe-form-d75a72802e46f5231035d048198ab3bd').submit();<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The video shows navigating maps, as well as playing Jetpack Joyride in Windows 8, and shows how a simple close finger gesture can be recognized as a mouse click essentially, which would be a very handy tool to add to Kinect&#8217;s Windows-based powers. The upgraded features are\u00a0destined\u00a0for Windows soon (though no specific timeline was given), though sadly there&#8217;s nothing to announce yet for bringing the enhanced gesture detection powers to Xbox.<\/p>\n<p>The Kinect will soon have its own fair share of competitors when it comes to gesture-based input for desktop computing. The <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/02\/27\/leap-motion-controller-pre-orders-to-ship-may-13-hits-best-buy-store-shelves-may-19-for-79-99\/\">Leap Motion Controller ships May 13<\/a> to pre-order customers, and promises to deliver extremely fine gesture detection on both Windows and OS X, to the point where it should work for virtual painting and drawing applications, with a module much smaller and without the same physical space requirements as the Kinect. The <a title=\"YC-Backed MYO Armband Attracts 10,000 Pre-Orders In 2 Days, Which Adds Up To $1.5M In\u00a0Sales\" href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/02\/28\/myo-armband-pre-orders\/\">MYO armband from Thalmic labs<\/a> is also attracting a lot of early attention for its own, body sensor-based gesture control powers.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft did some terrific ground breaking in this space, but now the company has keep pace with a number of hungry young startups eager to blow it wide open. 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