Ideas Wanted!
Posted on March 4th, 2010 by admin
Creating programs like iPinchMe is a lot of fun, but ultimately one has to ask this question: What’s the point?
So, since I do not really know what I want to do next with iPinchMe, I am asking all of you (in case there actually are people reading this):
- How would you like to control applications with hand gestures?
- What is the interface of your dreams?
- Will gesture based input be a viable alternative to keyboard and mouse one day or just be confined to certain niches?
- What’s a killer-app for hand gesture based interfaces?
- …
Tell me what you think!
P.S: To get your juices flowing, you may want check out this overview article at Venturebeat.
Hey,
I found this because I’m looking for a way to send basic keyboard commands (left, right, up, down, spacebar) to the browser using gestures.
So swiping from right to left (as if dragging across the screen) would send input to the browser that the user just pressed the “right” key on the keyboard (as this is the key tied to advancing to the next bit of content.)
I would like to use it with this UI (www.weeklyretrospect.com) — if you could help, please send me an email!
Cheers,
Ludwig
The first iPinchMe User (whom I know of) reports on his experiences: http://ludwignz.com/post/450752588/natural-human-interface-meet-the-web-so-ive
Great to see that someone is interested in this stuff!
I would like to implement it in home automation and home theater.
I imagine a Mac Mini running Indigo and Plex with a separate webcam attached (or multiple webcams). In front of the tv, gestures would allow you to change channels and adjust volume through eyeTV. Making some gesture would play/pause Plex, which I can imagine being faster than looking for a remote when someone rings the doorbell or something else requires your immediate attention. (Maybe a infrared camera that works in low light would be a requirement though during nighttime viewing…)
Certain gestures could activate lights etc through Indigo or some other home automation application.
My initial thoughts.
I will check out the software you mentioned, maybe there is the possibility iPinchMe can interface with it. Sounds like an interesting project.
Indigo does have an active plugin community. Plex has an app store, but I think a plugin of this kind would have to be developed together with the creators. EyeTV I’m not sure about that one
It seems that Plex may be controlled via Applescript, so it will work with iPinchMe. Once I have some free time, I will post more details.
Ich bin über alle Maßen beeindruckt!
iPinchMe ist, soweit ich das einschätzen kann, einzigartig.
Es gibt so viele Anwendungsbereiche, von iTunes über iPhoto, 3rd-Party-Software, etc…
Ich habe nur leider das Problem, dass bei mir die von dir benannte Script-Datei mit dem zugehörigen Verzeichnis nicht erstellt wird, ich also das Programm nicht um meine Gesten erweitern kann.
Vielleicht kannst du mir da helfen?
Beste Grüße aus Bremen,
Kai
Hi Kai, I think you might wanna try that in English, but maybe Google Translate can help. Otherwise I could help, my German is not so bad.
I thought of another use for iPinchMe today in combination with Plex:
when I get up to get a beer, it’s always a struggle to find the remote fast enough. Usually I’m on my feet before I stopped playback, so I miss a few seconds of what I’m watching. It would be great if a webcam near the tv would notice me getting up and would pause playback automatically.
Hi…
You asked about what would be the interface of my dreams?
William Gibson - Neuromancer. Direct bidirectional Computer Brain Interface!
But, in the mean time… I’m playing with Speech, will try your Hand gestures and also planning/saving for a HDM VR Glass to use instead the Monitor, and also for some external ECG Interface like this (http://www.emotiv.com/) this (http://www.neurosky.com/) or this (http://www.ocztechnology.com/).
I was planning also to buy a P5 Data Glove, but maybe your piece of software will do the trick!!!
I believe in a Immersive Window Manager with a 360 degrees sized desktop with floating windows and graphical data representations!!!
Well… that’s it!