Articles Tagged “Gesture”

Hand-Gesture Android TVs Becoming a Reality

by Matthew Sabatini on Nov 11, 2011 1 Comments">1

Have you ever wanted to use the Xbox Kinect’s hand gestures on other things such as your computer, phone, or TV? Hisense and eyeSight have made part of that a reality by developing TVs that you can control with your hands. And, we can only imagine that someone is already working on the other two. In the past, Google has introduced “smart TV” technology that brings the Internet right into your television. However, you must buy a controller, such as the Logitech Revue, to control one of these smart TVs. Now, along with a built-in 2D camera, users can swipe …

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Wave at Your Android TV – Gesture Recognition TV’s in Development

by Edmund Apostol on Nov 02, 2011 0 Comments">0

Internet-enabled TV is said to be the next big thing. Just last May, another China-based company came out with a set-top box that runs on the Android operating system. Experts forecast that by 2015, at least half of the upcoming flat-panel televisions will come equipped with web connectivity. The Hisense-eyeSight collaboration signals how electronics manufacturers are in the process of finding more ways to raise the television viewing experience up another notch.

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Google updates Gesture Search for Android, adds double flip feature

by Michelle Ruhfass on Aug 12, 2010 0 Comments">0

Google added a new feature to its Gesture Search app, a double flip feature. The Gesture Search app lets users search by writing specific gestures on-screen and with the newly updated app, users can flip their phones sideways and back-up to automatically engage the Gesture Search function. The new application is available on Google’s Gesture Search website.

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Search Android with written gestures

by James Tromans on Mar 26, 2010 0 Comments">0

Google themselves rightly point out, “as mobile phones become increasingly powerful and can store more data” there is the requirement to find more efficient ways to search and bring up the content that you want, fast. Google are now bringing Gesture Search to Android. What does it do? Well, for example, it enables you to roughly draw onto the screen the first letter of a contact that you are trying to find in your address book, and hey presto, it takes you right there; Today we’re pleased to announce Gesture Search, a new Google Labs application for Android-powered devices running …

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Gesture Search now available for Android 1.6+ in any country with Android Market

by Michael Oryl on Mar 17, 2010 0 Comments">0

Google has just announced that it is making its new Gesture Search system available for some older versions of the Android smartphone OS and in any country with Android Market support. Any users with an Android 1.6 or newer equipped phone can now download and install the gesture search application from the Android Market. Gesture search allows you to search through your phone for items like contacts, apps, or bookmarks by drawing a letter on the screen.

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Google releases Gesture Search for Android 2.X devices

by Kelly Hodgkins on Mar 04, 2010 1 Comments">1

Fresh out of Google Labs is the new Gesture Search application which adds a novel search method to any Android 2.0 or greater device. As its name implies, Gesture Search allows you to search your contacts, installed applications, bookmarks, or music tracks by drawing an alphabet gesture on your touchscreen. If you want to find all your contacts that begin with the letter N, you can simply launch the gesture application, draw an “N” on your touchscreen, and marvel as your search results appear. If the search results are too numerous to count, you can add another letter to refine …

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