Hand gesture TV could kill off remote control
The days of hunting for the remote control down the back of the sofa could be numbered after scientists unveiled a television that responds to a viewer’s hand movements.
By Matthew Moore
Last Updated: 10:37PM BST 04 Sep 2008
A researcher demonstrates Toshiba's gesture-sensing television Photo: MASONS
The ground-breaking technology will enable people to switch channels, change volume and pause films by gesture alone, like Tom Cruise in the film Minority Report.
A small camera built onto the television senses when someone enters its field of vision and searches for their hand.
"Gesture interface technology" inside the machine then interprets the hand’s signals; waving up and down could alter the volume, while a raised hand would pause a DVD.
Viewers would also be able to direct a cursor on the screen, raising their thumbs to “click” the options they wanted.
Dr Kate Knill, part of the Toshiba team researching the technology, said it could be adapted for use on PCs and other gadgets, and could one day make the computer mouse redundant as well.
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