Windows 8 and touchscreen without a touch

Dedicated to haters of stained screens.

The guys from Elliptic Labs have developed a non-contact control system that only works with Windows 8. So far, ultrasound is used to quickly record data on the position of a person’s hand in space relative to the screen. You can control the system using gestures without touching the screen with your fingers - change active windows, scroll text, in general - everything is in the video below.




I think that this innovation is unlikely to cope with typing, but Surface seems to have a clav case.

Choosing a “tile”


Scrolling screens


Closing an application


About the advantages of this technology

- it uses less energy (as claimed - 95%) than a motion tracking system using a camera.
- Using the SDK, you can create new types of interactions (for example, enter some unique movement for a specific action).
- screen without fingerprints.
- it is possible to capture the position of the hand from different angles with respect to the screen.
- use of MEMS microphones.
- “echo filter” - a separate perception of the movement of the hand as a whole, hand and fingers.

Starter Kit is provided with everything necessary for the operation of the system.



Specifications



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