http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/ Engadget Comments for German student shows off camera-based input on an iPhone http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/
Also why does this article appear on the /exclude/apple version of the site?

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Because there's no "apple" tag for this post.

Also, this is ridiculously slow and seemingly unreliable.]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Evidently, but I was hinting more so at the reason why, rather than the cause.

All engadget editors should undergo an /exclude/apple training seminar and prove themselves capable of adhering to the policies previously set forth by one Mr. Topolsky.]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/
What you're asking for is the non-Apple non-iPhone version of Engadget (I think it'll also work with more tags separated with commas):

http://www.engadget.com/exclude/apple,iphone/]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 12th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/
Agree, I don't think this falls into Apple related. The use of the iphone is tangential to the story. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 12th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 13th 2010 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/you miss the whole point alot of phones have cameras on them
you could do this with other phones provided they have good enough processing, the iphone isnt the only thing that can be used you know]]>Mar 13th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 12th 2010 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/
Yes, such types of control using camera have been done many times - usually use optical flow for viewfinder alignment and tracking. Works well for older camera phones which dont have accelerometers.]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Please name some. Never saw such a technique...]]>Mar 12th 2010 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Canadian company called Gesturetek dominates the market of UI's using camera's both in and out of mobile devices. They've got huge contracts with people like Sony Ericsson and KDDI for use in phones in europe and asia, not so much in the states and canada though. ]]>Mar 12th 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 12th 2010 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 12th 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/
oh wait
:P]]>Mar 12th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/]]>Mar 13th 2010 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 13th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/12/german-student-shows-off-camera-based-input-on-an-iphone/Mar 14th 2010 7:51PM