Damian Engenheiro
Mr. Ippolito
Current Event 11
1/28/22
University of Waterloo. "System recognizes hand gestures to expand computer input on a keyboard." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 5 January 2022. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220105094430.htm>.
Researchers are developing a new technology that uses hand gestures to carry out commands on computers.
The central idea of the article, “Researchers are developing a new technology that uses hand gestures to carry out commands on computers,” by ScienceDaily, is that a group of scientists have found another way to use a webcam and that is using it to read hand gestures. For example, you could do a combination of hand gestures and that would act like a keyboard shortcut. While it seems simple, it is very hard to make it happen because everyone moves differently and has different hand sizes. Even the lighting in the room could affect the camera. The team solved this problem by getting multiple volunteers and getting the system to understand the different types of settings and gestures. This new technology can also be used in virtual reality. For example, by using this technology, it could eliminate the need for handheld controllers. I thought this article was very interesting because it shows how people are always finding new ways to improve people’s everyday lives with new technology like this.
This impacts us because this technology could make it possible for disabled people to do things on the computer that they couldn’t before. It also makes our everyday lives easier just because we can just move our hands and our computer will know what you are trying to do. Just imagine not even using a controller to use virtual reality. That would so much to the “virtual reality” feel. In the future, I could see this becoming a big thing that will change how we go about our everyday lives.
Overall, this article was very well written. Although it could have gotten into more detail about how this affects us, it gave lots of information about what the device was and how they made it. I would have liked to know more about how it could help disabled people or how it is better than just using a keyboard, but it was very interesting to read and gave readers insight on what the future could look like.
I believe that Damian had presented all the information shown in the article well by first mentioning the process by stating that while virtual reality may feel simple, it is very much the opposite. Damian also showed intake on how the article should have mentioned how this invention may be groundbreaking of handicap people to gain real-life stability. Lastly, I appreciated how the author showed the advances our new generation is striving towards in creating a new online world and how significant this event is.
ReplyDeleteThe article spends a lot of time going over just how excruciating the process was of developing a powerful hand gesture software. If Damian were not to overlook the process and put the reader in the boots of the developers, it might help the reader understand the immense trials the scientists endured. I also believe that if the author were to go more in-depth on just how life-changing not using an interactive controller but a fully remote controller may be for virtual reality. Furthermore, just how similar an online world will now feel compared to our world, it would be significantly similar.
“Researchers are developing a new technology that uses hand gestures to carry out commands on computers.” This stood out because it shows how close we are to creating a second online world.