Samsung’s latest ad promoting the gesture controls for its Smart TV line are the perfect combo of hilarity paired with sexiness — and not just of the TV itself! Watch what happens when dozens of men see a pretty girl gesturing at them through a window. Read more »
Pantech, a top-three handset maker in Korea, is adding gesture-based controls to its newest Vega LTE handsets. Using the front-facing camera and eyeSight’s unique software, smartphone owners can control their phones by waving their hand. Expect more invisibile interfaces like this in the future. Read more »
One of the latest additions in iOS 5 is gesture support that can replace various button functions and help navigate the user interface. While Assistive Touch appears for accessibility reasons, it could signal that future iOS hardware has fewer buttons or loses the Home button altogether. Read more »
Apple won a significant victory last week when it was awarded a key patent related to basic multitouch functionality. It was called too broad by many, and raised the specter of pitched legal drama. It’s definitely a key victory for Apple, but why? Read more »
Microsoft’s Kinect is clearly a top seller for games, but early hacks show it to be a device capable of far more beyond interactive gaming. Microsoft agrees, today releasing an official software development kit that could be used to further bridge the physical and computing worlds. Read more »
Among those who have tried OS X Lion for the first time, there is near universal dismay at the “reverse scrolling” behavior in the Apple-provided applications. It’s a big change in the way we use computers, but has the scrollbar’s time passed? Read more »
TrackPoints are getting scarce, though, and the Trackpad on the MacBook is a highly lauded feature; a friend even went so far as to call it “life-changing.” With praise like that, my expectations were high. So how well does it stack up? Read more »
