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Why is the guy in the video writing stuff by waving his finger around to make cryptic symbols when there is a perfectly good keyboard only inches away! Seriously though, I agree there are practical uses for this - such as TV input or some sort of touchless kiosk (in a hospital maybe?). The video just did a poor job of showing what's what.
Reminds me of Palm's 'Graffiti', both in execution and scope: it's a stop-gap solution, possibly to a problem that no longer exists. IMO, their three suggested use-cases are quite flimsy. "...enable surgeons to take notes during an operation without removing their gloves" - They already can, it's called dictation which is subsequently transcribed by a medical secretary whose time is far less expensive. "check recipes…
Reminds me of Palm's 'Graffiti', both in execution and scope: it's a stop-gap solution, possibly to a problem that no longer exists. IMO, their three suggested use-cases are quite flimsy. "...enable surgeons to take notes during an operation without removing their gloves" - They already can, it's called dictation which is subsequently transcribed by a medical secretary whose time is far less expensive. "check recipes…
I'm getting faster, but it seems that I will need to dedicate a fair bit more time to it before it will be that practical as an input method.
I really wish companies would just continue making nice phones with hard keyboards, would make my life easier. :(
What if we embraced ASL? (random thought)