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Show HN: Kiwi for Android Wear – Control your phone with a wave of your hand

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Post by chibuk » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 3:21 PM UTC

Show HN: Kiwi for Android Wear – Control your phone with a wave of your hand
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Post by alinawab » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 3:37 PM UTC

this works on LG G and Samsung Gear Live watches

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Post by kalhank » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 3:37 PM UTC

Looks pretty cool, I'll check it out

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Post by jc4p » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 4:02 PM UTC

I dig this idea. I wasn't able to actually get it to work, I think I was doing the moving-right action incorrectly.

I do wish it had the ability to change the phone's volume, that's the one big lacking thing from music playback that annoys me, you can pause/skip using the watch, but if you want to change your volume you currently have to use your phone.

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Post by chibuk » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 4:06 PM UTC

jc4p wrote: post #4

I dig this idea. I wasn't able to actually get it to work, I think I was doing the moving-right action incorrectly. I do wish it had the ability to change the phone's volume, that's the one big lacking thing from music playback that annoys me, you can pause/skip using the watch, but if you want to change your volume you currently have to use your phone.

Good idea, will see if we can make that happen for the next update. For getting to work, try playing with the sensitivity slider in the motion you are trying to trigger.

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Post by gt565k » Fri, Aug 15, 2014, 4:51 PM UTC

Interesting.

I think the myo armband could be a good competitor, and it sits right under your elbow.

https://www.thalmic.com/en/myo/

It's $150 to pre-order and you get full developer access.

I got an alpha version of the myo and had some time to mess around with it. It's pretty powerful. Definitely worth checking out.

Pre-oders of the final production version are shipping next month, in case anyone is wondering.

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Post by chibuk » Sat, Aug 16, 2014, 2:58 PM UTC

gt565k wrote: post #6

Interesting. I think the myo armband could be a good competitor, and it sits right under your elbow. https://www.thalmic.com/en/myo/ It's $150 to pre-order and you get full developer access. I got an alpha version of the myo and had some time to mess around with it. It's pretty powerful. Definitely worth checking out. Pre-oders of the final production version are shipping next month, in case anyone is wondering.

Myo is a great product, providing the extra degree of freedom through EMG profiles allows for further expansion in regards to interaction.

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Post by ydant » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 11:35 AM UTC

jc4p wrote: post #4

I dig this idea. I wasn't able to actually get it to work, I think I was doing the moving-right action incorrectly. I do wish it had the ability to change the phone's volume, that's the one big lacking thing from music playback that annoys me, you can pause/skip using the watch, but if you want to change your volume you currently have to use your phone.

It's not super-convenient (it takes two swipes to get to), but the Android Wear Mini Launcher ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.npi.wearmi... ) has a settings screen which includes a number of useful options about the phone's settings, including volume.