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AppleTV gunning for Xbox/GoogleTV as box of choice. I like the idea of a gesture/voice/apple remote system and the xbox controller/gesture/voice over google's giant remote approach.

I know this isn't directly related to gesture interfaces, but maybe, just maybe it is.

daily 9.28

Very cool interactive window. Gesture to change the appearance of the window display at a Repetto store in France. Users can cycle through different movies that fill up the whole window.

Gesture-based browser

Mobile security provider PassBan has announced a wearable verification device that authenticates a mobile phone or tablet user. This smart wristband will enable the wearer to make their mobile apps secure and unlock them with simple gestures. 

Getty Images partnered with East London media artists The Light Surgeons to create an interactive experience at Cannes Lions 2013 which explores their vast video archive of 1.8M clips through meta-tagging and connections to reveal the conceptual relationships between image and word. Getty Images' international creative experts shared their insights around the future of video at the event.

The most interesting bit is "for iOS"." Creating a gesture based interface for mobile devices would b e transformative.

update from march

The MYO armband lets you use the electrical activity in your muscles to wirelessly control your computer, phone, and other favorite digital technologies.

"The company has just signed deals with Broadcom, Marvell and Intel to integrate its Wiimote-style controller into the trio's home-entertainment hardware. Playing with it for a few minutes, we were impressed by its accuracy, although gestures did take a little time to get used to."

Kopin Golden-i Wireless Headset, a head-mounted computer that enables firefighters to analyze a situation and make smarter decisions. Much like Google's forthcoming Project Glass, the Golden-i headsets house a camera, microdisplay, GPS locator, speech recognition and gesture control. This allows users to benefit from computer technology while keeping their hands and concentration free on the task at hand, making it especially suitable to servicemen. Using data such as maps, heat profiles, oxygen levels and heart rate - as well as audio and visual connectivity to colleagues and staff - firefighters can gain a better overall view of the situation, helping to save lives as well as protect themselves.

motion controlled technology called Flutter to start and stop music

STRATACACHE digital signage solution

The remote control must die; but what's next? One company at the apex of that question is Philips, which, unbeknownst to many onlookers, already makes remote controls for an array of TV makers, set-top box vendors and pay-TV operators like BSkyB. Philips now offers its own Wiimote-like gesture stick to screen makers like HP; (NYSE: HPQ) a motion-sensitive, qwerty-equipped uWand; candybars with integrated laptop trackpads and, yes, plain 'ol candybars for internet TV operators who still want them. All of this means the TV input segment is about to embark upon the same kind of innovative period of disruption and competing standards that the TV space is now wrestling with and which the internet itself before it first unleashed.