8:58 AM
Diana D'Cruz
Newborn Microsoft Research, Digits is a prototype motion detector, much like the Kinect, but only for the hands. Equipped with an accelerometer, infrared cameras and a gyroscope, this bracelet could include high-tech use control interface for video games. As the video shows, it provides highly accurate recognition of finger movements and the transcript is also much more fluid.
Digits is the result of collaboration between the team of Microsoft's Cambridge Research and the University of Newcastle. Beyond the fact that this system will detect the movements of hands without wearing gloves, this is a first in the sense that the user does not have to be placed over a fixed sensor. This type of interface would be very useful to be combined with augmented reality glasses as Google Glass.
