A to talk once again of Google Glass, wearable computing and
related technologies today is a Google patent on a feature for the detection of
hand gestures through camera. From here you imagine this technology as a new
way to communicate with Glass is a short step, though things might be a bit
'more complicated than that.
The software to identify gestures should be based on the
same principle of any recognition software, video, and therefore be able to
distinguish at least the 'forms' predetermined. The example of the heart shown
in the patent makes the idea and might suggest an input that refers for example
to a like on a social network. That this may derive from a real recognition of
gestures is a desirable development, but difficult to see that in the short
term.
The patent in question was originally filed in June 2011,
and considering the character assumed by the Google Glass seems unlikely now
entering a new mode of input beyond voice input, swipe bar and head movements.
On the other hand, assuming a redesign of the device in view of its actual
commercial launch, the final version of the Glass may differ significantly from
the one dedicated to the Explorers program. Unless immediate future, however,
there is certainly to be expected that the wearable computing will evolve in
this direction and that the hand gestures soon become part of the user interface-terminus.
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