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Designing gestural interfaces clearly ain't easy

By Rain Noe - September 16, 2010

in Tech | Object Culture

Now that we're moving beyond the mouse, gestural interface design really is turning into a free-for-all, with no universal language yet beyond tapping to "activate" and swiping to advance.

The latest object seemingly designed to befuddle your parents is the Gesture Remote from a company called Ident Technology. Though they claim their device "transforms watching television into a magical, intuitive experience," after watching the demo video, I disagree; because it picks up airborne finger motions in addition to surface touches, I think I'd constantly be activating the wrong thing, particularly when shifting the remote in my hand or setting it down.

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sproqket

14 years ago

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"...lift finger to zoom out..." counter intuitive and akward. I was expecting a video that would explain how it works. I ended up more confused after watching the video.
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Ryan Collins

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I was just about to say that from the inset this does not look intuitive, the object has a form of a mouse and my intuition would tell me to hold it the opposit way around!
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Oliver Rosito

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Clearly a copy of the zero mouse design, only turned upside down.
Check it out:
http://www.design.uniqueform.de/#134207/Zero-Mouse
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Rob Young

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http://www.coroflot.com/public/image_file.asp?portfolio_id=1805424 - is that not this upside down?!
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