[Credit: Leap Motion] The Kinect brought on a whole new kind of gesture controls, and the iPhone helped bring multitouch controls to the masses. Each is great at what they do, but there are drawbacks; ...

Move a thumb to unlock a car door. Self-check-in at an airport without touching the kiosk. These are no longer scenes in the movies but what technology is capable of nowadays. Motion Gestures, a ...

Leap Motion today (Jan. 16) announced its gesture-controlled device — designed to replace the computer mouse — will be available at Best Buy stores this spring. The much-anticipated gadget lets you ...

The Theremotion project from developer Pierre Lulé works similarly, but uses a motion-tracking Leap controller for gestural control of the sounds produced. Specific hand positions can be mapped to a ...

Google is working on a new gesture recognition system for future wearables – such as the Pixel Watch 3 – that could enable millimetre-accurate motion tracking. The recent patent filing explains how a ...

Apple has been granted yet another patent (number 11,422,692) — one of dozens — for a “system and method of controlling devices using motion gestures.” In the patent the tech giant notes that user ...

Imagine, if you will, raising the palm of your hand toward your window blinds to open them, or making a fist at your television and having it turn on. Perhaps, while driving to work, a call comes in, ...

Facial expressions arise from brain networks that encode slow, context-rich meaning and fast muscle control on different time scales, keeping smiles and threats socially precise.

AikenLabs configurable motion capture system can be used to control games or applications on a Mac or a PC. AikenLabs configurable motion capture system can be used to control games or applications on ...

Leap Motion co-founder David Holz is flying through Google Earth by waving his fingers in thin air. Controlling computers with gestures -- you've seen it in movies and maybe even heard experts predict ...

Google’s Nest Hub may be getting an update for the first time since its debut in 2018. The company registered a new “interactive device” at the Federal Communications Commission that’ll feature a ...