newbie2
June 26th, 2012, 06:10 PM
The possible uses of Touché are staggering. Imagine a bathtub that detects when your head hits the water, or likewise, a swimming pool that detects a young child who can’t swim. With Touché, you could create a doorknob that only opens if you grasp it in a special way — or a bookcase that only swings back to reveal your secret laboratory if you grab the right book with exactly the right grip. Imagine a mouse that a) knows who is currently using the computer, and b) responds to different grips. Maybe a five-finger “claw” could lower the DPI (sniping mode), while palming the mouse might enable “relaxed” mode with different button assignments.
The video suggests that Touché could also be used to train children to eat cereal using a spoon, instead of their fingers — a fairly silly example, but one that can be expanded to a system that helps a child with special needs.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/128715-disney-touche-turns-everyday-objects-into-multi-touch-gesture-recognizing-interfaces
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The video suggests that Touché could also be used to train children to eat cereal using a spoon, instead of their fingers — a fairly silly example, but one that can be expanded to a system that helps a child with special needs.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/128715-disney-touche-turns-everyday-objects-into-multi-touch-gesture-recognizing-interfaces
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