MIT researchers develop the most fabulous gesture control technique yet
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted May 23rd 2010 10:41PM
posted May 23rd 2010 10:41PM
When looking for a cheap, reliable way to track gestures, Robert Wang and Jovan Popovic of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory came upon this notion: why not paint the operator's hands (or better yet, his Lycra gloves) in a manner that will allow the computer to differentiate between different parts of the hand, and differentiate between the hand and the background? Starting with something that Howie Mandel might have worn in the 80s, the researchers are able to use a simple webcam to track the hands' locations and gestures -- with relatively little lag. The glove itself is split into twenty patches made up of ten different colors, and while there's no telling when this technology will be available for consumers, something tells us that when it does become available it'll be very hard not to notice. Video after the break.
Update: Just received a nice letter from Rob Wang, who points out that his website is the place to see more videos, get more info, and -- if you're lucky -- one day download the APIs so you can try it yourself. What are you waiting for?
Update: Just received a nice letter from Rob Wang, who points out that his website is the place to see more videos, get more info, and -- if you're lucky -- one day download the APIs so you can try it yourself. What are you waiting for?
@chasing statues
Here is a link to the SIGGRAPH 2009 submission
Real-Time Hand-Tracking with a Color Glove
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rywang/handtracking/
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/jovan/papers/wang-2009-rth.pdf
Here is a link to the SIGGRAPH 2009 submission, can I have?Imagine seeing your doctor wearing those when you go in for aphysical.
It was kinda my idea. I dress my cows and bulls in such color pattern dress so that when I go to milk my cows, I can Identify that it is a cow and not a bull :))
/Comedy
@nooruls143 Milking the cows in the dark I mean. My bad, I should have patented it. Damn, I missed it.
I'm just waiting for the cup stacking game.
Yay! this makes the iron man's VR look like my next toy! :P
no telling when this technology will be available? really?
I can tell you.
1) Buy Max/Msp which is a visual programming language.
2) Get the NATO plugin which is the video object library.
3) Hook up a webcam to your computer.
4) Set up Max/Msp with Nato to track different colors.
5) Knit some woolen gloves with these different colors.
6) Done.
(I saw this done 10 years ago, where someone did a virtual marimba performance [air marimba])
MIT with flair
Wouldn't different shades of the same color (such as grey) work just as well?
When CAD gets hands-on and tactile, things are really gonna start taking off. :)