[mythtv-users] Control myth by MS Kinect !

[Matt Emmott]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Richard Morton <richard.e.morton at gmail.com
> wrote:

> I am really sceptical of Kinect; although I havent used one...
>
> How will the system know that a gesture is in fact a gesture and not
> just a random movement... I see that the in game Pause gesture is to
> stand on one leg and put the other leg out and create an L with your
> arms... come on... this just shows that you need a controller as
> well.. like the PS Move.
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It has potential, check out the dude that hacked multitouch into it:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/11/hacked-kinect-taught-to-work-as-multitouch-interface/

I think where it might shine is if it sits behind a translucent screen or
series of screens that you can interface with like, dare I say it, Minority
Report.
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