Skymouse - controller supports gestures. There was a worthy contender for Leap Motion
How to replace a computer mouse? From the time when Douglas Engelbart developed a prototype of the device, over the years, a number of alternatives. Despite this good old rodent, although it has been half a century, and in many cases seems to be indispensable. That appeared to be extremely interesting project Skymouse, replacing the mouse the user's hand gestures.
Remember, what impression did years ago "Minority Report"? Shown in the video interface through which Tom Cruise handle your computer with gestures, seemed to be very futuristic , yet very intuitive and convenient. It's been a few years and film fiction has become reality. There are many controllers react to your moves - the Kinect, described in the pages of concept and solutions such as for example Leap Motion.
Although the creator of this device emphasize that this is primarily a supplement, not a primary means of communicating with a computer, the more perfect controllers seem to not only complement, but a remarkable alternative for both the mouse and the touch interface. A good example is the video showing support for Windows 8 just by Leap Motion
The gadget called Skymouse who , works in a similar way.Importantly, it requires the imposition of special finger pads, so that the controller can keep track of even very small movements of the user .
This solution seems - at first glance - a step backwards. Why would anyone put plastic rings , as more and more perfect technology allows you to simply track the movements of the hand and fingers? , however, is convinced that Skymouse has significant advantages. On the one hand, it is very much intuitive (and this, as you know, a relative term) and, second, the fact that the device does not require any configuration , install drivers or any software. So - rings on fingers, plug into a USB port and is working. For customers of important may be the price of 70 dollars, or 10 less than the Leap Motion.
Skymouse, as befits a replacement, has the features of a typical mouse - support right, center, and right click, scroll and cursor movements. To start production Skymouse, Eliott Ephrat plans to collect 80 thousand. dollars, which - judging by the current rate collection - it seems unlikely. The question is, what chance of entering the market is Skymouse. I think the controller - if immediately went on sale - could prove to be a success, but each subsequent week work to his disadvantage . Scheduled date for the market launch Skymouse'a, however, only in April 2014 year.
More promising seems to me to be a solution that will not require any additional accessories, and to control the user's hand is enough. It seems that the problem also sees Eliott Ephrat. He assured that it is working on a development version of your gadget , you will be able to handle just hand gestures.
KINECT Translator
Kinect developers probably had no idea how many applications will find equipment, designed initially as a motor controller video game console. The device worked, among others, in satellites, robots or as equipment for measuring and searching for objects. The idea of how to take advantage of Kinect came up with the Poles. Technology arises as IVONA hit on?
KinecTranslator is an electronic translator that uses the Kinect camera and Technology Leap Motion . This makes it able to read sign language and translate it into text or speech. Moreover, the Polish solution is able to translate the other way - thanks to speech recognition can translate spoken words into sign language with an animated avatar.
Founder , put everything on the line, he threw a good job and began to create technologies and products that make life easier for deaf people. He created a 12-member team consists of specialists, among them - outside programmers, graphic designers and cameramen are also experts in sign language and deaf, as who are best placed to assess the value of the planned solutions.
Importantly, the project was so interesting that interested in him such Microsoft , which broadly supports the establishment of an interpreter, bringing its resources and infrastructure. An important institutional partner is the State Fund for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities. The project won a number of industry awards and the winner of the first edition of the pointed out the Richard Branson:
How does Kinect Translator? Like many revolutionary solutions that can be described in a very simple way - at the project creator compare its performance to analyze the images .Depending on the resolution of this happens at a speed of 12-30 frames per second. At this rate, translator analyzes the system the most important points of the body and frame by frame reads your movement.
Importantly, Kinect Translator is fully customizable - it is worth remembering that there is no single, international sign language , so the ability to assign different meanings of gestures allows the use of a translator in the world. When asked about my plans for the near future revealed that he is currently working on a test version of the interpreter:
“Beta Kinect Translator will be ready in August and will go to people that have volunteered to participate in the tests (interested parties can submit their participation ). At this stage the translator will recognize 100 gestures . Target version, designed for the PC platform is to appear at the end of this year”
In developing a base of thousands of gestures in different languages will help the users themselves - the community around the project for which the electronic translator may be unprecedented facilitation, allowing for a much freer communication. Kinect Translatora possibilities do not end, however, only the translation .
“We want to enable the function of teaching sign language . You will be able to practice before the screen, and the application will pick up false gestures and shows how to perform them correctly.”
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