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Scrolling through options on a menu or running applications on a screen with just a simple wave or gesture of your hands seems like something out of science fiction, doesn’t it? Beyond the world of movies, this technology isn’t completely possible right now. However, Toshiba is now very close to actually creating this technological breakthrough. Recently, they developed a gesture-control concept for interface screens.

They call this concept the AirSwing and they also built a working prototype with real gesture control capability. The prototype is a user interface that runs on 4% processing power of the 400MHz ARM 11 processor and gesture control is made possible through a regular webcam. When using this interface, a transparent image of you is put on the screen, which then displays a menu with options you can scroll through with hand gestures. Furthermore, you can also move your transparent self around on the screen and use it to manipulate accessible content simply by using gestures.

Toshiba worked with DigInfo.tv to develop their prototype for the AirSwing device. Currently, there is no information about a release date or cost for the consumer concerning this new innovation. Sources indicate that this user interface will only be available as a tool of advertising at this point. Nonetheless, the technology of gesture-controlled interface screens seems to be an imminent reality for the near future.

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Tags: AirSwing concept, gesture-controlled user interface, Toshiba

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 5:39 pm and is filed under Audio and Visual Devices, Concept technology, Displays, Tech Trends. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.