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3Gear Systems - http://threegear.com - San Francisco, CA Contact: jobs@threegear.com Bringing the 'Minority Report' user interface to reality, without the gorilla-arm. We're a team…

Very true. I work at a company building an alternative gestural input device ( http://threegear.com ). Here's how we have tried to address your points. 1. Gorilla arm -- keep your …

A couple medical device companies and a hospital are evaluating our system right now. :-) We're actively working on supporting smaller / shorter-range sensors as well. You probably…

Actually, it's quite possible to build a "clicker" on the Kinect. It involves mounting the sensor from above, and building completely different software that tracks the hands and f…

A big problem with the LEAP is that there isn't an effective way to click / select something. Pushing forward with your index finger isn't very accurate when the finger tip is also…

When I first arrived at MIT, I was handed a book on "How to Get Around MIT." I was impressed with the section on hacking, which included the following story about the Harvard-Yale …

We're looking forward to working with all the new 3D camera technology coming down the pipe, and as soon as we have the resources to do so, we'll start supporting Mac and Linux too…

It's hard to specify our exact workspace, because it's the intersection of the two camera frustums. Here's an approximate estimate: 2 feet wide x 1.75 feet deep x 1.25 feet high.

What's great about the Kinect is that it lets developers go after "3D computer vision" problems rather than "2D vision." There's a wealth of techniques from computer graphics on de…

Thanks for the feedback and directions. I've just replied to the parent post with some discussion about how we differ in terms of features and technical approach. We're also certai…

It's indeed similar, but we think there are three important differences. Because our cameras are top mounted, our system is more comfortable / ergonomic. You don't have to lift you…

Hello HN! We're a three-person team building 3D gestural user interfaces. We'd love to get your feedback!

While we're on the subject, I'm curious if you've played with matrix-toolkits-java / netlib-java. I'm considering switching to it. I've had good experiences with the Lawson-Hanson …

I use the Colt (Java) matrix libraries for applied math and graphics applications, but it's still quite costly compared to optimized libraries like Intel's MKL. A singular value de…