Beware. Home TV viewing conflicts just got a new boost. Hitachi is working with Canesta and GestureTek to create a series of television sets that can recognize a viewer’s hand gestures. It sounds far-fetched, but through these, you can leave the remote aside and wave your hand the right way to change channels or volume. The development is more or less like developing a human to computer interface. It depends more on our intuition and less on the mouse or remote in our hands.

This mode of television viewing and the technology involved in bringing it closer to reality, break the real vs digital world barrier in a definitive manner. Speech recognition seems an old wine in front of this new development in the arena of television viewing. And touchscreen technology looks ancient.

It remains to be seen whether gesture controlled televisions would completely alter the way TV is viewed in our homes. Automation and less dependence on the remote is the key to these products, but in the pursuit of more comfort, there could be chances of encouraging a less than healthy lifestyle too. Ever thought of the confusion arising when two or three children playfully gesture to the TV screen? Confusions persist.
Via: Singularity Hub