The Invisible iPhone
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Finger mouse: A depth camera picks up finger position and subtracts the background images to correctly interpret interactions.
“It’s a little bit like learning to touch type on a keyboard, but without any formal system or the benefit of the feel of the keys,” says Daniel Vogel, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo. Vogel wasn’t involved in the research. He notes that “it’s possible that voice control could serve the same purpose, but the imaginary approach would work in noisy locations and is much more subtle than announcing, ‘iPhone, open my e-mail.’ “
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