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Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by textadventure on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @08:10PM (#41930550)
Well, for one thing being able to interface with it by simply gesturing with your hands, seems pretty unique.
Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by CharlieDigital on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @08:16PM (#41930588)

    > being to able to interface with it by simply gesturing with your hands
You mean kinda like how I can move my finger a few centimeters to interface with a complex, multi-windowed computer desktop?
Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by textadventure on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @08:23PM (#41930639)
You know perfectly well that you can't use any computer without touching a controller of some kind.
Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by defrost on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @08:27PM (#41930669)
That seems improbable and a challenge for many here.

eg: Theremoose - the Theremin Controlled Computer Mouse https://www.instructables.com/Theremoose-the-Theremin-Contro...

In the disability domain voice operations have a history.

Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by textadventure on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @09:18PM (#41930959)
It's clear that we are talking about consumer products, typical use cases, etc.
Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by defrost on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @09:21PM (#41930986)
* Who's "we"?

* Was it?

* Remember when the mouse was a niche invention at PARC?

Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by textadventure on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @09:45PM (#41931110)
So, what exactly is the point of this line of argument? That some niche forms of touchless interfacing existed already? And thus the interfacing of the Vision Pro is not innovative?
Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by defrost on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @09:48PM (#41931120)
No argument. Just facts.

Statement: "You know perfectly well that you can't use any computer without touching a controller of some kind."

Fact: touchless controls exist.

Speculation: They may become commonplace.

Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by johnnyanmac on Thursday October 24, 2024 @05:07AM (#41933627)
Reminds me of the Magic Leap. Or even the Kinect. That use case is even more niche than VR, but setup some tracking gloves and you can perform gesture based actions on your PC (don't really NEED the gloves, but it improves precision without needing a special spatial comera).

Crude, but it's technically possible.

Re:The Vision Pro reportedly suspended because of weak demand by pjmlp on Thursday October 24, 2024 @05:38AM (#41933840)
Do I?

"The Xbox Kinect: Your Body is the Controller"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TICbjFtnmk