http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/ Engadget Comments for Switched On: Token gestures 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/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/

Commented on it. :)]]>Jun 29th 2010 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
Here's the link sorry I posted that before I even uploaded it can't edit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aEfyDSWBJk]]>Jun 29th 2010 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
Here's the link to the vid got to play.kinnect at the mall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aEfyDSWBJk]]>Jun 29th 2010 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
i wouldn't want to look at reaction shots of myself right after...]]>Jun 30th 2010 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 30th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/I enjoy my physical stuff too, but I welcome the future with cautious, friendly terms.]]>Jun 29th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
For example, on a racing game its still great to have actual race pedals and a force feedback steering wheel with shifter or paddles, but kinect could work as advanced head tracking so you can look around the cockpit and see through the turns just by moving your head.

Similar setup to what I'm running here but w/ more primitive headtracking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-rNaCiakvo (and yes, my driving sucks worse than a thai bargirl talking on the cellphone, but I had just gotten the game so was n00b)]]>Jun 29th 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 9:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/I don't think that Americans hate styluses, it's just that unless your in certain fields, you've probably never had the chance to use one before. I personally love my Wacom dual digitizer equipped T4410 tablet, and I think it's much better then just having a mouse or touch capabilities alone, especially on a laptop. Hopefully they become more main stream in the near future.]]>Jun 29th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/first one to be downranked!:)]]>Jun 29th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
That was my intention.]]>Jun 29th 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBtEhQqS1dw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctlvb6UBkJA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5WXxLecW4Q

And it does so with icons, just as there are big icons on iOS.

Kinect and the like can simply supplement input options, especially for Media Center and gaming, just as the media center peripherals market has done with head-tracking and air-mouse remote controls.]]>Jun 29th 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
Congrats on the videos, really liked them..]]>Jun 30th 2010 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
This alone is worth $150 to me. I'm lazy, I know.]]>Jun 29th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/No, not rich just money smart. If I can't set aside $150 between now and November, something's wrong.]]>Jun 29th 2010 8:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
Dude, windows media center can do that way ahead the Xbox (not to mention there's an option to turn on voice command in Windows Vista/7). Brought to you buy the same guy who do both the Windows and Xbox. ]]>Jun 29th 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/I know that. My 360 spends most of its time as my primary MCE, but the MCE doesn't have voice commands. The windows interface might, but that's not the focus here.]]>Jun 29th 2010 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
For WMC for example you can use Media Center Communicator. The downside is you have to memorize the audio commands, but they are pretty intuitive.

"Record channel 9" or "music library" followed by "play (insert song title or artist)".

Personally, I have a Gyration air-mouse remote control, and prefer to just click the music button and navigate normally, but perhaps I'm just not used to talking to non-sentient tools yet (except my johnson).]]>Jun 30th 2010 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/dunno, but from the demos, it sounds like it looks for the "Xbox" command with an inflection/emphasis on xbox. As far as the noise level in the room goes, 9/10 it will be me anyway so its not an issue. But that's an issue with ANY voice command system. I would HOPE that since it can "see" the user that it will keep track of the voice patterns since it will have to learn them anyway.]]>Jun 29th 2010 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/I hope they set it up so you can use a headset to send commands to nata- err kinect. But maybe not since both are very different microphones. One can dream..]]>Jun 29th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
Thats smart, as that way surrounding noise would be way less of an issue! ]]>Jun 29th 2010 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Thats not a ghost. It kinda looks like NPH.]]>Jun 29th 2010 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
128 million DSes say it's not too cumbersome.]]>Jun 29th 2010 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
Not to mention that the stylus rocks for writing, equations, and drawing/photoshop work.

Sausage fingers are too blunt and stubby, and don't work well or at all on some devices when its cold out and you're wearing gloves.]]>Jun 30th 2010 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 29th 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
controlling a TV or Set-up box without a remote will be difficult, as people could be sitting on the side coach or chair and not in-front of the sensing device like Kinect and many people could waving or shouting or talking so how the the sensing device recognize two different moments or as speaking?

Also the same for keyboards and mice, how you type in the Air without a physical keyboard?

even for games it will be difficult to play most games without a controller, could you keep moving your body as a controller for 10-15 minutes? how about ab hour?

or even voice recognition, could you keep shouting to the TV to instruct it rather than using a remote? or in the office speak loud so your voice be transformed to characters or Words, it doesn't look practical.

so we will need the input and output devices for long and these sensing devices for specific limited applications or games.

]]>Jun 30th 2010 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
If an input method meets all three criteria, it will be successful as a general purpose interface. If not, then it will be successful only in very specific niches, at best.

The machine must immediately respond exactly as the user wants it respond (accuracy), including in the acknowledgement of input capture; the user should be able to easily figure out how to explore/experiment with the interface when he find himself in a new environment (intuitiveness); and the user must be able to control the machine with minimal effort and without disturbing others (compactness).

The last two requirements hinder the adoption of voice as a general purpose interface. The first and the last will hinder Kinect-style 'full body motion towards a distant screen' interface use outside of games.]]>Jun 30th 2010 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/A lot of the science has already been done on research to control robotic prosthetic devices.
Making it socketed and upgradable is just obvious.

You could have different control standards available - with the number and type of implement to be controlled defined by that.
And then some licensing as well - much as you would have to drive a bus or truck.

So any joe could get chipped and learn to change his tv channels or check his e-mail by thought.
But if you applied yourself and upped your chip you could learn to control - and get licensed for - large machinery.

Maybe the required focus would even be meditative.

So you could lay in your hammock and guide the lawn mower around the yard (with wireless video feedback directly to your ocular cavity) - and end feeling refreshed, calmed, and centered.]]>Jun 30th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/Jun 30th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/29/switched-on-token-gestures/
Really, i would just like Kinect to make my 360 a crazy sweet media center, but the 360 will never beat a PC in terms of 'HTPC' status.. So if this tech was ported (and /supported/) properly.. HTPC game changer!]]>Jun 30th 2010 1:56PM