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I've already started thinking about some gestures that could be used for this, but I'm wondering, how hard it's going to be on the hand(s)? I mean with the mouse and keyboard (supposing PC gaming) the hands are resting on the table 90% of the time, with this the hand(s) will be up in the air.
...unless someone puts a nice glass table on top of that thing so that my hands could rest... could this work?
wonder what they thought about 'gorilla arm'.also the demo did not show a way to type information. but looks really cool :))
I don't think people in the gesture interface market are looking for ways to replace the essential function of the keyboard. For all intents and purposes, it's probably the best way to input textual data into a machine.
If you're an interface designer (I am), you should pre-order this thing. This will be a standard form of interaction in a couple of years and you should jump on it early and start figuring out the kinks. Too cool.
Funding announcement: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/leap-motion-announces-1275-...
For some tasks (e.g. changing to a diff browser tab five across from the current one) I can imagine that pointing at it would be the quickest and easiest way to switch to it.
I can imagine it'd get a bit tiring if you were relying on it too exclusively.
However, I can see this being huge in the commercial market. I can easily imagine using something like this in a shop, or for presentations at work.