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CES Field Report: GestureTek Mobile

I had a note yesterday from my friend Danny Briere. Danny’s making the rounds at CES. He told me that I had to check out GestureTek Mobile - said they had a lot of fun trying out the apps the company is demonstrating this week. As a Wii fan, if this video is any indication, I can certainly understand…

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3 Responses to “CES Field Report: GestureTek Mobile”

  1. The Motion Applications Report :: Optical Sensing Systems at CES Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 1:32 am

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  2. Pat Hurley Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 1:40 am

    Russ,

    Another interesting motion-sensing company at the show was Reactrix (www.reactrix.com) — they do optical sensing like GestureTek, with a focus on digital signage/advertising opportunities.

    There’s a mobility angle to what they do (or at least a mobile network angle), because EV-DO (as the basis of the Reactrix Media Network) is part of their overall package.

    Pat

  3. Danny Briere Says:
    January 11th, 2008 at 5:21 am

    So the funny thing about this particular video, Russ, is that the CTO was showing us bowling, and he scored a Strike! and was so surprised because he said that’s the first time he’s ever gotten a strike! So I guess it’s harder than it looks. You can apply ‘english’ to the ball as it goes down the lane by tilting the phone left to right too.

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