Brad Feld has discussed HCI on his blog a number of times. Yesterday, I listened to a significant (couldn’t resist) interview of Brad on w3w3.com. Near the end of the interview he mentioned HCI. (I think there’s going to be a part 2 of the interview next week where he’ll dive a little deeper into HCI.)
Last night, when I went to bed, I started thinking about HCI; I was wondering if there’s a way to improve human-computer interaction using existing hardware.
Specifically, I was wondering if it’d be possible to take an inexpensive USB video camera and aim the camera at a the computer’s monitor and use the video input to translate hand gestures in front of the monitor. In other words, use software to interpret hand gestures in front of a standard monitor rather than using a touch screen.
It may not be worth the effort, but I wonder if it’d work. I’m certain that it wouldn’t have the fidelity of a touch screen (or multi-touch screen) or a mouse, but it would be an interesting experiment.
Perhaps you should try it? ;-) As if you have the time...
Posted by: Heather | August 01, 2007 at 07:59 AM