Mgestyk system promises gesture control on the cheap
By Donald Melanson 
posted Nov 6th 2008 1:03PM
posted Nov 6th 2008 1:03PM
As we've seen, it's not exactly all that difficult for someone with the necessary skills to whip up their own gesture-based control system, but the folks at upstart Mgestyk Technologies seem to think they've got something a bit more notable on their hands, and they're actually planning on selling it to the general public. While the complete details are a bit light at the moment, their system apparently makes use of nothing more than an "affordable 3D camera" and some custom software to capture even small hand gestures, which seems to work at least reasonably well in the video after the break -- though we doubt many gamers will be quick to ditch their Razer or SteelSeries mouse. What's more, while Mgestyk already has a waiting list going, they aren't making any promises about an actual release date just yet, or a price for that matter, with them only saying that it'll be "in the range of a high-end webcam."
BOOOM! headshot.
I got a gesture for ya...
No no no! This is more along the lines of:
"I'm crushing your head, I'm crushing your head!" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Tyzik]
Looks cool, maybe a bit overcomplicated for games that require loads of controls, they need to sort out that massive lag though.
It will be worth it for the teabagging though!
ah, Halo 1. good times.
I love all the Halo's, but yeah, the first one stole my heart.
halo took your virginity and made you a man.
I still play it in the campus network...people with tiny laptops can't play anything else; still very fun nevertheless.
This gesture control looks awesome!
Pwned in the face!
I like the first part with the apathetic looking chick putting as little energy as possible into the gesture. The tech is cool tho
How will this effect the future of viewing pornography?
Oh Snap! Better yet, WebCam Shows!
The future is bright for the pron industry...
It improves your laptops hygein after a happy session.....
What's the gesture for t-bagging?
POW! Haha!
My arm is tired just gesturing "No no bad idea" at my monitor
I think you can make less exaggerated gestures. If you can, this would be pretty neat for some uses.
Or you could just buy a Playstation Eye and have the same thing, plus games that were designed for it.
This looks like it's compatible with pre-existing games.
I don't understand why some people are so keen to switch from precise, latency free control mechanisms that work (console control pads, mouse+keyboard) to imprecise, laggy control mechanisms that don't (motion sensors, gesture control, touch screen).
I can see the benefit of touch screens in mobile smart devices since it's impractical to carry around a mouse and keyboard. However, for gaming and working on a PC these control mechanisms are vastly inferior to what we already have.
I agree completely. When I first saw the "high-tech" interface in Minority Report my first thought was, "Man, that looks tiring if I had to do that for eight hours a day."
yeah that is exactly what i was thinking i would take my mx518 over that any day besides the James bond and mission impossible music would get annoying after a while
The game controls were very unconvincing, and wouldn't your arms get tired pretty quickly holding them up like that for the camera?
I did however see the potential of controlling your computer like the minority report that was cool, but for games I don't see it being much use.
Wow LAG!!!!!!!
all I want for xmas is a mouse and Keyboard for my Xbox360
is that too much to ask for MS??????????
J
you can
video : http://www.xcm.cc/new-XFPS-PRO-HALO_3.wmv
one place to buy : http://www.consoleshop.com/product.php?productid=20688&cat=259&page=3
prepare to get owned with that laggy response time.
How do you, perhance, walk around whilst aiming? aim whilst driving?
Use one hand for movement and the other for aiming. You could use the 'gun' gestures for aiming and the 'thumbs up' gestures for movement - thumb down to stop, thumb up for forward, tilt hand for sidestep.
The movement thing you've spoken of there seems unintuitive.
There doesn't seem to be much information on the technical aspect of the 3d camera. Anyone have any more information on that?
The camera looks a lot like this one here; http://www.3dvsystems.com/technology/product.html
Read the fine print: not recommended for Italians
[my apologies to the Italian community--but it was too funny not to say it]
This even could be used as an kind of keyboard with sign language that one that the deaf people use.
pew pew pew
BEASTING!!! Kinda slow to respond -- but DAMN i want it!
Coming soon - webcams that use your expressions as input. Kill enemies, literally, in the blink of an eye!
For GTA you'd have to turn your finger-gun 90-degrees...
awesome, being deaf I can see some use for this. such as conversing with a hearing person via this program hooked up to skype or something like this. That would get rid of a middle-person (interpeter/operators) from being able to learn your private info like SSN and bank account number.
Also, some of you says that this would be tiring to use? just keep using it and after a while, it'll become easy to keep using it even more. I'm deaf so I use sign languages all the times without any issues.
Yeah there is some issues with the tech (such as the lag) but it is a start. I hope that this tech do get developed for the consumer because I would still save up for this and buy it as soon as I could asap.
Fucking awesome!
Why should we do something to make games less realistic?
I think it is very cool idea. I see many potential uses of this technology.
This is great!! This is something showing us the future of technological endeavor.
this would be awesome if it were combined with a 3d display..... i sigh just thinking out it......