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Monday, April 4, 2011

Kinect hack makes April Fools’ prank a reality (SLOOW) - Hack a Day

Kinect hack makes April Fools' prank a reality

posted Apr 4th 2011 12:10pm by Mike Nathan
filed under: Kinect hacks, news
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Unless you have been hiding out in a cave for the last week or so, you have heard about this year's April Fools' joke from Google. Gmail Motion was purported to be an action-driven interface for Gmail, complete with goofy poses and gestures for completing everyday email tasks. Unfortunately it was all an elaborate joke and no gesture-based Gmail interface is forthcoming…at least not from Google.
The team over at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies have stepped up and made Google's hoax a reality.  You might remember these guys from their Kinect-based World of Warcraft interface which used body motions to emulate in-game keyboard actions. Using their Flexible Action and Articulated Skeleton Toolkit (FAAST), they developed a Kinect interface for Gmail which they have dubbed the Software Library Optimizing Obligatory Waving (SLOOW).
Their skeleton tracking software allows them to use all of the faux gestures Google dreamed up for controlling your inbox, however impractical they might be. We love a good April Fools' joke, but we really enjoy when they become reality via some clever thinking.
Stick around for a video demo of the SLOOW interface in action.
[via Adafruit]


ICT MxR Lab's Response to Google's Gmail Motion


Video Link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfso7_i9Ko8&feature=player_embedded

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