IPoint 3D: Using Your Fingers As A Remote Control
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
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The “iPoint 3D” allows people to communicate with a 3-D display through simple gestures – without touching it and without 3-D glasses or a data glove. What until now has only been seen in science fiction films will be presented at CeBIT from March 3-8 by experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, (HHI).
“The heart of iPoint 3D is a recognition device, not much larger than a keyboard, that can be suspended from the ceiling above the user or integrated in a coffee table. Its two built-in cameras detect hands and fingers in real time and transmit the information to a computer,” says Paul Chojecki, a research scientist at the HHI, explaining the technology.
The system responds instantly, as soon as someone in front of the screen moves their hands. No physical contact or special markers are involved. The small device is equipped with two FireWire cameras – inexpensive, off-the-shelf video cameras that are easy to install.
Related articles
- Boffins to unveil gesture-controlled 3D TV (reghardware.co.uk)
- iPoint 3D brings gesture-based inputs to 3D displays (engadget.com)
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