Soli

Post by spectramax » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 4:59 PM UTC

gbasin wrote: post #96

soared wrote: post #78

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How is Soli any different? I know that if I put my hand in this spot and make the motion of turning a dial then it will turn down the volume, and I can hear the volume go down as I do it, whats the difference? Or if I tap the air in a specific way, get an audible tap noise, and know I've completed a preset action (index finger tap = set timer for 5 minutes) its the exact same thing. How is sound feedback not as good?…

Sound is OK for a feedback of success. What we also need is visible affordances -- signals of what can be done, when, where, and how. Also, what I hate the most with these gestures is fearing that I'll get it close but not quite, and something else (or nothing) will happen. With a button, you can feel it and immediately make micro-adjustments while pressing to ensure success. This can possibly be done with sound, but…

Post by sorokod » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

lucideer wrote: post #6

> Private > Soli is not a camera and doesn’t capture any visual images. This is a privacy misconception that really needs to die (something also discussed in the W3C ambient light sensor thread recently on HN frontpage). Sensing involves privacy implications. By. Definition.

Post by fauigerzigerk » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

empath75 wrote: post #122

jasonhong wrote: post #119

I recently showed some videos of Soli in the HCI class I teach. Students immediately hit upon the two major issues I wanted to discuss (I was pretty proud!). The first is learnability. A big problem with gestures is that there is no clear affordance as to what kinds of gestures you can do, or any clear feedback. For feedback, one could couple Soli's input with a visual display, but at that point, it's not clear if th…

Seems like being able to detect eye attention would solve the midas problem -- if you aren't looking at it, it doesn't do anything?

Post by 0xffff2 » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 5:04 PM UTC

axaxs wrote: post #53

est31 wrote: post #18

This is a beautiful piece of tech for any ad company looking to collect reaction information to ads (like google): * It works at low power. Turning on the front camera and processing the visual data generated needs large amounts of power. * It can't be blocked as easily as a front facing camera. * People are less aware that they are being surveilled, which makes them less motivated to block it. * Yes, it's not captur…

Ugh. I remember when Black Mirror was viewed as creepy and dystopian... See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits

Post by Allower » Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

sangnoir wrote: post #121

andreygrehov wrote: post #102

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Agreed. If I'm so close to a phone, why would I swipe in the air? I also believe that making those Soli actions requires more muscle energy compared to tapping the screen with one finger.

> If I'm so close to a phone, why would I swipe in the air? Because you don't want to extract it from your backpack/purst first? Or you are lying in the dark avoiding turning the backlight on but you also badly want to skip that terrible song you hate... edit: or you're presenting and using your phone on the podium as a remote without breaking eye contact/physically fiddling with the phone/laptop.