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Credit: Chris Clarke Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting with video content that adapts to, and is controlled by, your body movement. Fitness videos and other instructional content that aims to teach viewers new martial arts skills, exercises or yoga positions have been popular since VHS in the 80s and are abundant on Internet platforms like YouTube. However, these traditional forms of instructional videos can lead to frustration, and even the potential for ph...

Evaluate whether the label actually meets consumer needs. well, of course, stay on top of this and let you know how it proceeds. okay, youve probably all seen microsoft kinect. you may have seen it here or in somebodys house. what some people say is the biggest, bad yes gaming device out there, allowing your character on screen to do whatever you do, jump or wave without a controller, wires or handheld anything. well, what if you could control your pc or tv the same way? its todays "big i," co...

Ohad, one thing i thought was neat about the kinect is its really plug and play. you plug in this device and it sits in front of the tv and theres virtually no calibration. you just run with this. to make this applicable to other things in life, other than gaming, is it the same concept? is it a device camera that sits in front of my tv? >> thats exactly right. it could be any number of differentright. we require very little processing power. right now im running off a laptop. as mentioned earli...

Its a depth camera. what were doing now is ill take the tv. were watching cnn -- actually, thats my music. so, lets choose some music. i can browse through whatever media i have. >> wow. >> i can go in there and select it by pushing forward, in this case, and it works. and here we go. youll just hit "play," and were running. now, im putting my hands down basically is the equivalent of putting down the remote control. if i want to regain control, here i go again. i can actually take the volume, i...

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