There’s a lot of effort going in to working out the best way to interact with mobile phones, since your typical number keypad doesn’t really cut it. British researchers are working on “audio clouds” to control gadgets using movement and sound…and “have developed ways to control gadgets, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and music players, using 3D sound for output and gestures for input”.
“As part of the research, one recently-completed student project developed a Harry Potter-type wizard game in which each person has one of the set-ups the team has prototyped…Working over wi-fi, the idea is that when a person can “hear” another – in a different location – via the “audio space”, or cloud…The individual could then perform, or gesture, a spell at the other person.”
The researchers admit it will be a while before this catches on, since most people would have a natural reluctance to gesturing in an apparently random manner in public…
Related stories:
–Vodafone Handset Responds To Movement
–Samsung Introduces World’s First “3-dimensional Movement Recognition” Phone
–Synaptics’ New Interface Solution for Mobiles
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