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Television Will Soon Watch You (for Instructions)

Posted February 18, 2010 9:24 AM

From Wired Top Stories:

You will soon be able to wave your hands in the air to change the channel, now that French 3-D gesture-capture firm Softkinetic-Optrima inked a deal with chipmaker Intel. Eventually, camera-equipped set-top boxes will let us participate by way of an avatar in exercise shows and 3-D movies.

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02/21/2010 1:15 PM

To make the TV skip over commercials, the correct gesture would be...?

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02/21/2010 6:17 PM

I had posted it but OBO pulled it

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