Showing posts with label Digits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Digits. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Digits, the sensor from Microsoft that makes the gestures of our hands into 3D models

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Voice commands allow us to do many things in our smartphone , but first need you to press a button to activate them. We can use voice commands to start applications, call someone and even to send a new tweet. What if you could do all this without even having to touch the device?
Digits is a new modern sensor technology created by Microsoft and it is placed on our wrist. This allows us to control small electronic devices through the gestures of our hands. The sensor creates a 3D model of your hand in real time and it is expected that one day we can use it to change channels on the TV, make calls and even play games .
Digits LED uses infrared sensors to detect hand movements and pass our three-dimensional space.
While the sensor still has a long way to go, I wonder how it will achieve differentiate gestures we make voluntarily and those without. Any idea?