Hands Free 3D
March 18th, 2009 
Health, Innovation, New Media, Research, Second Life, Video, Virtual Worlds 
Mark Kizelshteyn
Mitch Kapor and Philippe Bossut designed a prototype interface to control Second Life with physical gestures. The design of the interface takes from the Segway (i.e. lean forward – move forward – lean backward – move backward). As Mitch states, this is just the beginning of their research. Check out the video here.
This seems to be a different means to a similar end with Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology, where users can control the computer with their thoughts — but I have not heard much about this recently. Check out this article for some info on this. Obviously, both platforms can be developed (and will be) — there are different technological manifestations of hands free use, where we can see a disabled person using the BCI interface for navigation, while a fully-able person can use a gesture reading interface for a Virtual Immersion Room…
Tags: 3D, BCI, Brain Interface, Disability, Gestures, Hands Free, Second Life
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