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by textadventure 599 days ago
You know perfectly well that you can't use any computer without touching a controller of some kind.
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That seems improbable and a challenge for many here.

eg: Theremoose - the Theremin Controlled Computer Mouse https://www.instructables.com/Theremoose-the-Theremin-Contro...

In the disability domain voice operations have a history.

It's clear that we are talking about consumer products, typical use cases, etc.
* Who's "we"?

* Was it?

* Remember when the mouse was a niche invention at PARC?

So, what exactly is the point of this line of argument? That some niche forms of touchless interfacing existed already? And thus the interfacing of the Vision Pro is not innovative?
No argument. Just facts.

Statement: "You know perfectly well that you can't use any computer without touching a controller of some kind."

Fact: touchless controls exist.

Speculation: They may become commonplace.

Reminds me of the Magic Leap. Or even the Kinect. That use case is even more niche than VR, but setup some tracking gloves and you can perform gesture based actions on your PC (don't really NEED the gloves, but it improves precision without needing a special spatial comera).

Crude, but it's technically possible.

Do I?

"The Xbox Kinect: Your Body is the Controller"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TICbjFtnmk