Interaction design

Although the Wii controls games pretty intuitive and uses actual physical movements something new is under development; controlling games with your body! It is not new, it has been tried before but it was never really successful.

The engineers at Softkinetic are perfecting the technology and it uses only one depth sensing camera. A major advantage is that you don’t need any glove or stick to control the game, the camera can distinguish the human body, and even all body parts. This opens up many doors for interactive gaming, but also beyond that. Imagine yourself operating electronic programming guide on your television. Or browsing through your photo collection without touching anything, just point. Let’s put it this way; it opens up a whole new world for designers to create interactive products.

Via Baekdal