Posted by Gesture-recognition technology's role in redefining usability in consumer electronics has been discussed in great detail already. Music players you can mute by snapping your fingers, TVs that switch off when you walk away from them, the new Google glass that reportedly clicks pictures when you wink are all rapidly taking gesture-control technology mainstream.

The author of this article presents the anticipated growth of gesture control technology. It is already used in Smart phones; however, the author presented information about the expansion of this technology to laptop and personal computers. The author presented how this technology has developed presenting that the beginning formation of this technology has been seen in gaming systems that allow the user to use their body movements to control their avatar. Australian researchers are developing similar technology to be used to control the television.

For immediate use May 15, 2012 Tokyo, May 15, 2012 - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the development of an interactive technology that allows the control of information through a combination of user gestures and the display of images from a projector.

From NIST Tech Beat: June 21, 2011 Most industry executives, military planners, research managers or venture capitalists charged with assessing the potential of an R&D project probably are familiar with the wry twist on Arthur C. Clarke's third law*: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo."