In the future, we might not have to touch devices at all to control them.
On a mission to revolutionize how we interact with technology, Google’s new venture calledProject Soli enlists the help of radar to accurately detect minute hand and finger movements and control devices without making any physical contact with them.
Consumers would be able to pinch their fingers together, slide a thumb over an index finger or use other hand motions to control the volume on a stereo or turn a device on or off.
Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects lab built a full gesture recognition pipeline that has high positional accuracy and allows radar to sense the tiniest of motions. A sensor tracks the movements of hands, which control the input into a device.
The team unveiled the new technology recently during its I/O developer conference, displaying how users could move their fingers in the air to control objects in the virtual world. See a video that explains the tech below.
The radar technology can fit onto a chip the size of a fingernail and can be produced at scale. Google wants to put the chip into small electronic devices like smartwatches, along with everyday objects.
The release date for the API to Soli has not yet been announced yet.
via Business Insider
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