JerseyDevil
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join:2006-11-06
New York, NY
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 ·Vonage
| reply to WALL_E
Re: A cool application!
I have to say I agree.
It works so and was fun to play with but not optimal for regular use.
The problem I find is that having a macbook at least you are to close to the camera to make the movements in comfortable manner.
Might be best for those with iMacs and PowerMacs.
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shamguy4
join:2007-10-09
Spring Valley, NY
| reply to shamguy4
And heres an actually good and perhaps needed application!
»www.notebooks.com/2008/11/25/mul···mac-app/
for those of you that have the new multi-touch pad this is great!! |
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SK
The member formerly known as Cow
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join:2001-05-18
Toronto
clubs:  | reply to EveryName
Haha, your epidermis is showing! |
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EveryName
Wake Up
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join:2001-12-05
Montreal
 ·Shaw
| reply to shamguy4
Its a fun application. They've developed some other cool ones. I don't know why anyone thinks this is anything more than a toy, because it really has absolutely no real-world function at the moment.
I had a chance to play around with it, and it was fun, but also quite difficult to get used to. The guy controlling it in the video obviously had some practice. It was very hard to "swipe" like in the video.
I've uploaded my own video of my experience of using it. It shows how much i suck compared to the other guy. lol
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRoz3RY6zk8 |
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SK
The member formerly known as Cow
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join:2001-05-18
Toronto
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·Rogers Hi-Speed
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Cool and fun concept. I wasn't able to use it like the demo though. I found it easier to scroll by moving my head from side to side. Still, it's too much work, and I won't be using it.
Edit: Bonus points for not making my MBP sound like a jet-engine. That really surprised me. |
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WALL_E
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join:2003-05-28
USA
| reply to shamguy4
I saw this on Digg a couple days ago and I have been playing around with it since.
After a while you're able to tweak your movements so the software responds more like you would expect, but it's still fairly unusable.
However, combined with proximity sensors in an LCD (rather than relying solely on video) would probably make it *much* better, as the biggest problem with the currently implementation is that it detects unwanted background movements and interprets it as deliberate interaction with the software.
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jdong
Eat A Beaver, Save A Tree.
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join:2002-07-09
Rochester, MI
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I'll take my keyboard and mouse thank you very much 
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Thinkdiff
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join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
| reply to shamguy4
said by shamguy4  :do you think this will become the next new thing? I really hope not. |
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shamguy4
join:2007-10-09
Spring Valley, NY
| I just downloaded this application and is pretty cool!!
»fluidtunes.com/
do you think this will become the next new thing? perhaps they could implement the whole computer to work with it somehow... |
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