Comments on: Perceptual Computing–Minority Report Style

By: Intel Ultimate Coder Challenge: Going Perceptual « Ultrabook News and the Ultrabook Database

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:19:32 +0000

[...] can see my demo of the Creative sensor hardware here but watch out because we’ll be getting a kit to play with ourselves very soon. There will be many [...]

By: Intel CES Press Conference Notes (Updating) « Ultrabook News and the Ultrabook Database

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:51:56 +0000

[...] perceptual computing (see this article) Intel announced [...]

By: CES 2013 Ultrabook Predictions (along with a peak into 2013) | DailyGadgets

CES 2013 Ultrabook Predictions (along with a peak into 2013) | DailyGadgets — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:22:01 +0000

[...] seeing evidence of the. Expect it to feature inside Intel PR throughout CES. What is it? See this article plus video. It’s gesture plus voice control for PCs plus currently it’s functioning about developer [...]

By: CES 2013 Ultrabook Predictions (and a peak into 2013) « Ultrabook News and the Ultrabook Database

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:57:05 +0000

[...] already seeing evidence of this. Expect it to feature in Intel PR during CES. What is it? See this article and video. It’s gesture and voice control for PCs and currently it’s working on developer hardware but I [...]

By: Video Interview. Chippy and Intel at IDF 2012 « Ultrabook News and the Ultrabook Database

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:13:11 +0000

[...] computing (my hands-on here), Haswell, always-on (AOAC) and of-course software are discussed. You get to see the face behind [...]

By: hocus

hocus — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:39:33 +0000

I’d rather not use any of these kinds of inputs for most personal computing needs. I’ll refrain from flailing my hands, arms and body until someone comes out with a holodeck.

Also, Joe didn’t suggest at all that there is no value to having input beyond mice and keyboards. He even gave a few examples. In addition to what Joe suggested these things can be useful in stores to virtually try on clothes, shoes, hairstyles, etc. I guess I just see these mainly used for industry/professional situations and not much for consumer usage beyond games (Wii, Kinect, eye tracking, etc.) or that holodeck I’m waiting for.

By: JohnCz

JohnCz — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:32:38 +0000

I have to disagree, especially if you are suggesting there is no value to having user interfaces beyond mouse/keyboard. Natural User Interfaces continue to get more sophisticated and will to some extent be what differentiates apps in the coming years. Devices like this (ex. Kinect) are just the starting point and are geared more towards developers & enthusiasts. We are probably 16 months away before the cost & form factor are reduced to where it needs to be. In the meantime, developers need to gain experience & figure out how best to leverage these capabilities in their current/future applications.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:07:48 +0000

These kinds of things are nice in movies (Iron Man) or some select real world scenarios (ie. presentations, TV news and kids’ toys) but I don’t really see much use for general consumers. Kind of like touch screens on clamshell notebooks.