wraggster
March 6th, 2013, 23:11
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/microsoft-connect-hand-control-3-6-13-01_620x340.jpgShortly after the Kinect SDK first launched (http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/16/microsoft-launches-kinect-for-windows-sdk-beta-wants-pc-users-t/), it spawned a number of inspired efforts (http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/25/kinect-hack-lets-you-control-a-web-browser-using-only-the-force/) from researchers to make it do more (http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/04/akimbo-kinect-hack/)than just track your body. Microsoft Research finally seems to be catching up to its own tech, as it just flaunted a recent project that allows fine-tuned gesture control, thanks to a newly developed talent for the motion sensing device to read whether your hand is open or closed. That let the team simulate multitouch-like capability on a PC as they air-painted basic images and manipulated Bing maps by varying their hand states. The hardware used doesn't appear to be stock, so whether such new capability entails a rumored new version (http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/11/report-durango-final-specs-kinect-required/) of the Kinect that may or may not appear on a (rumored) future Xbox (http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/24/next-xbox-console-to-be-six-times-more-powerful-headed-for-fall/), we'll leave for you to decide.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/06/microsoft-research-mid-air-multitouch-kinect/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/06/microsoft-research-mid-air-multitouch-kinect/