Lowdown: Gesture control

This article provides a brief overview of gesture control, which enables computers to sense a user's movements through infra-red technology and reflect them on the screen (as demonstrated by Nintendo's Wii gaming console).

Lowdown: Gesture control

Nadya PowellDare

The history of the interface – how we access the technology that sits behind our smart devices – is one of slow beginnings and recent revolutions. Between the 1960s and 1980s, the only change in the computer keyboard and screen combo was the introduction of the mouse and a shrinking of key and screen size for mobile telephones. It was not until the arrival of the touchscreen in late 1990 that this relationship was revolutionised. But let's be honest, 10 years later and most marketers have not really worked out how to tailor their...

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