Is $70 for a New Way to Interact With Your Computer Worth It?

It's cool, I loved it and I am soon gonna order it for myself.
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Needs a learning curve sure, but what if you have tremors or too much coffee?
the younger crowd (as usual) should catch on quick, but don't expect to REAL vehicles comtroled in a like way. maybe having 2 or sensors spaced each side just above the keyboard and one above & behind would be more comfortable. Bit of a bother when hand is in FRONT of screen.

It would have made sense back in the day of the ball mouse, but laser mice(?) are plenty reliable. No need for this cute toy.

Ordering one now. It will be great for setting up jobs to print.

but I don't think it something that I would buy.

I know it's amazing but... What's the point of it?

Really, Really dirty stuff.

I couldn't even last 30 secs unless it came with a VR console system attached :-P

looks good but seems a little awkward

I use my hands and arms alot and love new tech stuff...i have always said if they can do it in the movies they can do it in really life, still waiting for the liquid oxygen like in the movie "The Abyss" spelled wrong I think...

The OXYGENATED fluid is a REALITY, been used as artificial blood for JW's. Would think 2 or 3 sensors spaced each side and just above & behind keyboard would be more ergonomic.

Reminds me of the controls used in Tazon [sic?] ships in Roddenberry's
("May He drift in Space") 'Earth: Final Conflict.

Caveat, what if you had tremors?

Learning the piano. An input device for people with arthritis. Drawing programs. Some games. Easier OS navigation.

I don't think it'll replace a mouse, but like a graphics tablet, it'll have a niche. At $70 it's a very low price point and I can see uses.

... though i wonder if it works when you've got ketchup on your hands. :D

Want to simulate first person shooting to the extrem lol

While uses might be limited for now, that's....
...and epic looking toy.

Let me guess their next ambition: controlling a humanoid with one of these types of things...only it reads full body instead of just hands.

Tron and virtual reality are getting closer and closer

Oh, but think of the possibilities. If dying in there is more like Inception than The Matrix (with no Limbo), movies'd be a hell of a lot cheaper to make (save for that whole...everything is "CGI".) That...and...we could all be Reality Warpers as long as the system could handle what we wanted to simulate.

Knowing human being, 99% chance it would turn into porn

But the other 1% would be very realistic if simulated well.

Imagine, a movie about people underwater/in space, "on location", without needing 50 tons of gear/safety equipment.

Pretty cheap considering what it does. it'd be a convenience in alot of case for me.

That woul hurt my arms

I cant imagine having to hold your arms in the air for any length of time

Most people find it fantastic, put technology will continue to improve, with new rubbish coming out. Want to draw? Buy a drawing Tablet. You don't want to use mousepad or the keyboard? Buy a tablet.

A drawing table is very expensive (couple hundreds for a regular size). And if you want to animate things, this tool can be much better than a drawing tablet. I'm sure people like it because they see an innovation and new way to interact with the computer.

For that price?... why not.

i am cool with a key board

I would probably play with it for about 30 minutes, then the novelty would wear off

Not interested.

Suck it you over priced Kinect!

$70 is an affordable price for a gimmick like this. I've seen $50 mouses, after all. I think it's really neat, and I would use it as long as I wouldn't need to leave it connected all the time. I think I would prefer my mouse for internet browsing and most online games, but I have a couple games which I think this would be nice with, and I think this would be great for when I'm writing. When I write, I center my keyboard and ditch the mouse, so simply switching formatting becomes a task in readjusting to locate and then use the mouse before returning to my comfortable typing position. Simply raising my arm and "clicking" on what I need would be quicker and much less of a bother.

But who else thought of how Tony Stark sometimes does this sort of thing to control his computers in the Marvel movies? I seem to remember that he controlled a computer with hand motions from afar in Iron Man...

I just can't how I'd use it that much

Some things about this could be great.

get some exercise while online :)

I can see this being used to interact with the screen instead of a mouse. i.e., want to flip to the next page, wave you arm. Want to click on a link, just point to it.

I'd give it a shot.

More crap.

druuuuugs!

No thanks, not into gimmicks.

I am getting this when I get some money. This looks great.

It looks like it can be used by some people but for most people it would seem to be better option, but I as the person who was so silly to think that you would want a light weight computer over a tablet that has 1/3 of the power.