The concept of keyboards and virtual control gloves, have been extensively explored in recent years (Manus,Elon Musk, SpaceX, Leap Motion), but never present a real tear brilliance and versatility, something you'd expect when you think to have control on the tips of our fingers.
Remember the movie Minority Report, where you can see Tom Cruise to browse and search for information just by sliding your finger? That's the kind of control that Gest, a minimalist tracker hand, wants to bring to our computer. This is because presumably there will be even holographic interface.
Gest, was developed by a startup called Apotact Labs and look at the prototype, we see nothing extraordinary, are four wires with an adjustable band that attaches to each of the fingers except the thumb and a ribbon with the parent company, which presses on the palm. But the ex-libris of Gest, lies in that it allows us to ...
Thanks to the combination of accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers, do not need a contact point to read what our fingers do. Instead, read our palm and suggests that our fingers are doing based on that, which makes Gest, an attack on the mouse and keyboard remain in our lives.
Mike Pfister, CEO of Apotact Labs says that the idea of Gest comes behind the frustration caused by using the built-in on-screen keyboards.
The keyboard and mouse are fewer sense, as our devices become smaller ". Pfister continues, "We need a new input method for controlling these devices-something who takes to the beginnings of how we interact as human beings. That's why we created Gest.
The team Pfister, created the first prototype from night to day for a hackanthon there about two years ago and is now looking for funds to the tune of € 91,000, hoping to launch the product sometime in November 2016. When Gest out to the market, the retail value will be around € 180 per hand.
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