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Microsoft's Digits hand-gesture sensor bracelet detailed

20 points by nekojima 14y ago

nekojima 14y ago
I'm somewhat surprised there wasn't a mention of how valuable this would be for deaf users. For instance, they might be able to use it to synthesize voice through hand commands to talk more easily with non-deaf people (those who don't know sign-language). If the device is made viable for gaming and mobile phone usage, there is the potential for many other users to benefit as well with other applications of the device.
thomasfl 14y ago
Bracelet senors must be better than glove senors for musicians. Got to think of it, it must be better for everybody else.
- freehunter 14y ago
  I could see it being useful for guitar players who need to be able to feel the strings, but at the same time I doubt the sensor would be able to see your fingers. At least when I play, my wrist is directly behind the fretboard. This sensor wouldn't see my fingers at all. It could see my pick hand though.
  - sonnekki 14y ago
    Acrylic neck and fretboard with a really thin truss rod? It would probably feel terrible, and the IR light might be distorted anyway.
Sym3tri 14y ago
http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powerglove.jpg http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powerglo...
lam 14y ago
Quick poll: How much would you pay for such a device? $40? $60? $80? $100?
SparrowOS 14y ago
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fjorder 14y ago
In order to be useful, hand gestures are not something that should be tied to a specific input device as they have been up until now. The goal should be for a vocabulary of gestures to work consistently across all devices. e.g. You should be able to adjust volume by turning an imaginary knob whether you're working with a tablet and using this wrist-sensor, sitting at a desk with a web-cam, or sitting on your couch in front of a Kinect sensor. Microsoft is positioning itself to be the author of leading OS's running in all of these environments, so they should build in gesture support that uses any form of gesture capture available and possibly even pools all devices available in a given instant to improve fidelity. e.g. These wrist devices are unlikely to be perfect, nor are Kinect devices, but both of them working together should be able to improve overall fidelity. If Microsoft does this well enough, it may one day seem strange to think of a computer that cannot "see" you. Perhaps that's a bit creepy...
nwmcsween 14y ago
hmm why not measure either tendon pressure or electrical impulses, of course it would need to be calibrated but it could be something the size of a watch instead of this.

20 points by nekojima 14y ago

I'm somewhat surprised there wasn't a mention of how valuable this would be for deaf users. For instance, they might be able to use it to synthesize voice through hand commands to talk more easily with non-deaf people (those who don't know sign-language). If the device is made viable for gaming and mobile phone usage, there is the potential for many other users to benefit as well with other applications of the device.

thomasfl 14y ago

Bracelet senors must be better than glove senors for musicians. Got to think of it, it must be better for everybody else.

freehunter 14y ago
I could see it being useful for guitar players who need to be able to feel the strings, but at the same time I doubt the sensor would be able to see your fingers. At least when I play, my wrist is directly behind the fretboard. This sensor wouldn't see my fingers at all. It could see my pick hand though.
- sonnekki 14y ago
  Acrylic neck and fretboard with a really thin truss rod? It would probably feel terrible, and the IR light might be distorted anyway.

Sym3tri 14y ago

http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powerglove.jpg http://cdn2.holytaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powerglo...

lam 14y ago

Quick poll: How much would you pay for such a device? $40? $60? $80? $100?

SparrowOS 14y ago

Yer in denial, nigger. God says... hosts is his name. 51:20 Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; 51:21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 51:22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 51:23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. 51:24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. ---- Chaldeans == homos. Hanging chads. Dimpled chads. I knew a homo named "Chad." ---- Read this: http://www.sparrowos.com/Wb/Apps/AfterEgypt/AENotes.html http://www.sparrowos.com/Wb/Apps/AfterEgypt/AENotes.html Go to a random number site for a number 1-100000 Go to Bible line http://www.sparrowos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT http://www.sparrowos.com/files/BIBLE.TXT ---- God says... was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 37:7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 37:8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 37:9 And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims. 37:10 And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: 37:11 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. 37:12 Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.

fjorder 14y ago

In order to be useful, hand gestures are not something that should be tied to a specific input device as they have been up until now. The goal should be for a vocabulary of gestures to work consistently across all devices. e.g. You should be able to adjust volume by turning an imaginary knob whether you're working with a tablet and using this wrist-sensor, sitting at a desk with a web-cam, or sitting on your couch in front of a Kinect sensor. Microsoft is positioning itself to be the author of leading OS's running in all of these environments, so they should build in gesture support that uses any form of gesture capture available and possibly even pools all devices available in a given instant to improve fidelity. e.g. These wrist devices are unlikely to be perfect, nor are Kinect devices, but both of them working together should be able to improve overall fidelity. If Microsoft does this well enough, it may one day seem strange to think of a computer that cannot "see" you. Perhaps that's a bit creepy...

nwmcsween 14y ago

hmm why not measure either tendon pressure or electrical impulses, of course it would need to be calibrated but it could be something the size of a watch instead of this.