Kinect component maker to launch compact 3D sensor to fit in smartphones - Polidicks

[QUOTE]article: [url]http://www.pcworld.com/article/2019757/kinect-component-maker-to-launch-compact-3d-sensor-to-fit-in-smartphones.html[/url] PrimeSense, which developed the 3D sensing technology used in Microsoft’s Kinect, is set to unveil a compact 3D sensor that can fit into a variety of consumer electronic devices. The Capri 1.25 embedded 3D sensor is around one-tenth the size of PrimeSense’s current generation of 3D sensors, the Israeli company said Tuesday in a press release. Capri has improved 3D sensing algorithms, it said. The company will showcase the new sensor at the International CES in January and expects to have samples ready for manufacturers by the middle of 2013. No price has been announced yet, but PrimeSense described the sensor as low cost. The company hopes that it will be integrated in future laptops, TVs, tablets, smartphones and other consumer electronics. Analysts believe the mobile market is interested in such sensors, especially because of their potential to enhance user interfaces. Apple’s control through patents over many elements of touch-based user interfaces discourages competitors from innovating in this area, Malik Saadi, principal analyst with Informa Telecoms & Media, said Wednesday. Many vendors are looking into alternatives, like touch-free gesture recognition that can be facilitated by 3D sensors, he said. For example, Samsung is looking at gesture recognition and will probably be deploying it next year or soon after, Saadi said. Mobile chip maker Qualcomm recently announced that it acquired certain assets of EPOS Development, a developer of ultrasound positioning technologies that can be used for different types of input, including gesture recognition. Qualcomm plans to incorporate some of EPOS’s technologies into its Snapdragon SoC (system on a chip) platform that is used in many smartphones. Voice and gesture recognition are key to the future of smartphones, Saadi said. The combination of touch with voice and gesture recognition will very likely lead to a superior user experience and innovative application development, he said. “Any efforts to add new user interface capabilities are increasingly important as smartphones all start to look the same, with the homogeneous monoblock touch screen being the dominant design of the industry now,” said Ben Wood, chief of research at telecommunication analyst group CCS Insight. “If this module [PrimeSense’s new 3D sensor] allows for innovative new user experiences then it will certainly be an interesting development for phone and tablet makers and even other consumer electronics, because gestures are becoming a more important way of interacting with devices,” Wood said.[/QUOTE] Gesture recognition, eh?! Kinect wasn't a revolutionary thing .. how would it help phones?!

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;38807064]Is the phone just gonna float there while I flail my arms around at it?[/QUOTE] You realize that gestures mean any motion and not your whole body right?

I don't get why people think Kinect is shit. It's not good for games yet but it's a very useful tool. It can understand room size and space which an ordinary camera can't quite do, it can also recognize people, body shapes and sizes, and fairly specific gestures down to individual finger positions(the xbox can't seem to do this but the technology itself is present in the kinect) It's an awesome little tool that's been applied to a lot of things. I know it's been used to help a RC helicopter understand the space it's in and fly itself better, I know some game design students who use it for mo-cap for games on a budget I can see some purpose with it on a phone, but more importantly, other people will develop things for it i'm sure.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;38807564]I don't get why people think Kinect is shit. It's not good for games yet but it's a very useful tool. It can understand room size and space which an ordinary camera can't quite do, it can also recognize people, body shapes and sizes, and fairly specific gestures down to individual finger positions(the xbox can't seem to do this but the technology itself is present in the kinect) It's an awesome little tool that's been applied to a lot of things. I know it's been used to help a RC helicopter understand the space it's in and fly itself better, I know some game design students who use it for mo-cap for games on a budget I can see some purpose with it on a phone, but more importantly, other people will develop things for it i'm sure.[/QUOTE] Yeah, it's pretty great for mocap [video=youtube;-q9UVlb3LQw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q9UVlb3LQw[/video] Minus the arms, that was done with dual kinects. That's pretty damn amazing. Edit: No, the bullet wasn't done in kinect, that's just silly

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;38807064]Is the phone just gonna float there while I flail my arms around at it?[/QUOTE] This might explain the panic around helium.

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;38816659]Sooo, wink at my phone or flail my head around at it? I seriously don't see the application of something that remains firmly in the grip of the most dexterous part of my body.[/QUOTE] You could gesture using your other hand. It isn't a difficult concept to grasp.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;38807564]I don't get why people think Kinect is shit. It's not good for games yet but it's a very useful tool. It can understand room size and space which an ordinary camera can't quite do, it can also recognize people, body shapes and sizes, and fairly specific gestures down to individual finger positions(the xbox can't seem to do this but the technology itself is present in the kinect) It's an awesome little tool that's been applied to a lot of things. I know it's been used to help a RC helicopter understand the space it's in and fly itself better, I know some game design students who use it for mo-cap for games on a budget I can see some purpose with it on a phone, but more importantly, other people will develop things for it i'm sure.[/QUOTE] Because the Kinect is marketed to be used for games and the games fall flat most of the time? Sure it can be used for developer stuff, but it fails where it should have been good.

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[QUOTE=Amiga OS;38816721]The touchscreen is already plenty capable of gesture based input, unless you want an app to trigger when you flip the bird I really don't see the application.[/QUOTE] They said companies need to look at other methods of gesture based input due to Apple patenting a lot of the touchscreen stuff.

oh my god imagine the sexting

I'd imagine it will work exactly like a touchscreen but with your hand a couple of inches from the screen. Not total control, just swiping photos/music or to unlock, and zooming in and out on pictures. I think some people are expecting too much from the idea at the moment.

[QUOTE=Amiga OS;38817525]Unless your phone has a kickstand, and you are placing it down to use it, I can't see gesture input being the slightest bit practical. [img]http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/6dzhc6.jpg.gif[/img] Although this will be a little awkward with such a small display, but knowing Samesung they will keep upping the sizes of their phones by 1" a year.[/QUOTE] It will just be simple hand gestures and probably some facial recognition stuff, not full body dance games or wave with both arms to unlock bullshit.