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Gesture Based Interfaces by Josh Rubin
Toshiba, Hitachi and other home electronics manufacturers are investing heavily in the development of gesture based interfaces for their gadgets. As systems become more complex so do their interfaces. Gestures can be an intuitive way to control things, but can they be specific enough to apply to a broad range of functions? We'll see.
via NE Asia Online
This entry posted on 27 January 2004 at
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