Ubuntu prototype uses face recognition to intelligently move UI elements (video)
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When: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:39:31 -0600
Making faces at the computer will soon have use!!!
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Ubuntu prototype uses face recognition to intelligently move UI
elements (video)
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Not that we haven’t seen mock-ups before for systems using webcams to
intelligently move user interface elements, but it’s another thing
entirely for a company to make a public proclamation that it’s
tinkering with implementing something of the sort into a future build
of its OS. Over at the Canonical design blog, one Christian Giordano
has revealed that the company is in the early stages of creating new
ways to interact with Ubuntu, primarily by using proximity and
orientation sensors in order to have one’s PC react based on how
they’re sitting, where they’re sitting and where their eyes / head are
at. For instance—once a user fires up a video and leans back, said
video would automatically go into fullscreen mode. Similarly, if a
user walked away to grab some coffee and a notification appeared, that
notification would be displayed at fullscreen so that he / she could
read it from faraway. There’s no mention just yet on when the company
plans to actually bring these ideas to end-users, but the video
embedded after the break makes us long for “sooner” rather than “later.”
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