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USC Researchers Demonstrate Real-Life Gmail Motion 32
An anonymous reader writes "In this tongue-in-cheek video, researchers at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies take playful jabs at Google as they demonstrate their software controlling Gmail with a Microsoft Kinect sensor. The gesture controls are strikingly similar to those jokingly suggested by Google in their fictional Gmail Motion application, posted as an April Fools' day prank. The researchers have made their software available for free on their website."
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[Droopy Dog Voice] Yes. [/Droopy Dog Voice]
Who didn't see this coming? (Score:3, Funny)
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...that brings cold beer.
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In fact, forget about the hooker and blackjack!
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Walk-ing fridge : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOvoO6eQDms [youtube.com]
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Men With Talent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58-9Ae9cvDI [youtube.com], for the furriners :-)
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I was surprised Google themselves didn't do this. Remember: always take your jokes to the next level.
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that's what SHE said.
Re:Who didn't see this coming? (Score:5, Funny)
It's great, isn't it? It's speech recognition software for people who use sign language.
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Potential (Score:2)
Congratulations to the USC Team (Score:2)
After the tragedy/comedy combination that was April Fool's Day, it's nice to see someone taking a joke and turning it into someone useful. As a poster mentioned earlier yesterday, it would be quite nice to give Outlook the finger and have a sad face or a pouting puppy popup on your computer. That would take a large amount of the users' and tech support's rage out.
I am by no means in favor of a Minority Report-style interface for everyday computing, but it would be useful in certain situations. To release th
Dancing Easter Egg (Score:1)
Text entry (Score:1)