Also known as | Digits |
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Developer | Microsoft |
Type | Gesture recognition, Natural user interface |
Release date | Prototype displayed 9 October 2012[1] |
Input | Infrared Camera Sensor, IR laser line generator, IR diffuse illuminator, inertial-measurement unit (IMU) |
Website | research |
Project Digits is a Microsoft Research Project under Microsoft's computer science laboratory at the University of Cambridge; researchers from Newcastle University and University of Crete are also involved in this project.[1] Project is led by David Kim, a Microsoft Research PhD and also a PhD student in computer science at Newcastle University.[2] Digits is an input device which can be mounted on the wrist of human hand and it captures and displays a complete 3D graphical representation of the user's hand on screen without using any external sensing device or hand covering material like data gloves.[3] This project aims to make gesture-controlled interfaces completely hands free with greater mobility and accuracy. It allows user to interact with whatever hardware while moving from room to room or walking down the street without any line of sight connection with the hardware.[4]