rampadc 29 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Microchip rolled out a 3D gesture controller IC MGC3030 in their GestIC family around January with code, free GUI and video tutorials. It looks interesting though the only application I could think of for this is a 3D mouse, sign language recognition and maybe a navigation mechanism of sort when holograms become mainstream. What other applications/scenarios can they use this for? bluehash 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Microchip rolled out a 3D gesture controller IC MGC3030 in their GestIC family around January with code, free GUI and video tutorials. It looks interesting though the only application I could think of for this is a 3D mouse, sign language recognition and maybe a navigation mechanism of sort when holograms become mainstream. What other applications/scenarios can they use this for? Another application is mousepads. This page has more information. Scroll down for videos. The third video has a demo. SonCo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cubeberg 540 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I saw a kickstarter or indiegogo campaign with some sort of hardware that used a gesture controller and an LED matrix for feedback. Not sure how complex the implementation would be - but it could be an interesting interface method to hardware without an LCD. Gesture-based passwords for a security system, gesture control of a media system (next track, previous track, increase volume), etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
congia 0 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The gesture based password system sounds interesting though if you start waving your hands around, people would known what your password is. I wonder what's the maximum size possible for the sensor board. Having 1 mounted behind a LCD screen to make it interactive would be useful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 630 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Somehow reminds me of gang hand signs.http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_signal#Hand_signs"You can only use this gadget if you know the secret handshake" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cubeberg 540 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Here we go - found the kickstarter campaign - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/802159142/nuimo-seamless-smart-home-interface?ref=category rampadc and bluehash 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tingo 22 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 It will be interesting to see if this "takes off" after the Kickstarter. Or if the project product just gets thrown into a drawer with all those other things that sounded like a good idea at the time. :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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