SoundWave uses Doppler Effect to bring Kinect-like gesture recognition to PCs

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Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral senses motion inputs using a combination of a depth sensor, RGB camera and a multi-array microphone. Now Microsoft’s research division, Microsoft Research, has developed a gesture recognition system called SoundWave that relies on sound instead of video to bring gesture recognition capabilities to a standard laptop or desktop computer without the need for any additional hardware. .. Continue Reading SoundWave uses Doppler Effect to bring Kinect-like gesture recognition to PCs

Section: Personal Computing

Tags: Audio, Gesture Recognition, Kinect, Microsoft

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