Those of you who have seen the movie Minority Report were surely amazed by the hand gesture based computer interface shown in the movie. But you probably dismissed it as the heights of science fiction.
Mgestyk is here to prove you wrong with their gesture-based control system. Mgestyk combines powerful software for hand-gesture language processing with an affordable 3D camera. The technology makes it possible to capture small hand movements and translate them into useful commands for controlling practically any Windows application - Itunes, games, photo slideshow softwares etc.
The Mgestyk control system is not available for sale yet but you can sign up in their waiting list for purchase. The system is expected to be priced at the cost of a high end webcam which should be around $200-$300. It will work with Windows XP and Vista.
Check out this amazing demo video Mgestyk at work.
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This is a gimmick. It is not going to replace the mouse. A flick of the wrist to navigate pages is much easier that holding your arm up and making wide gestures. Also, from the video game demo, it seems to be very sluggish, which means instant death.
I agree the demo seems sluggish and impractical. However, I suspect this is the reason why the product is not out in the market yet. Maybe once they have ironed out the response time we will have a decent product that is practical.