Minority Report-Like Tech Brings Touchless Control to Windows 8

A Norwegian technology company is bringing touchless gesture controls to Windows 8 devices.

The company, Elliptic Labs, launched a series of tools to help electronics companies enable a hands-free control feature into their products (think: Tom Cruise's computer in Minority Report).

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The technology is similar to that of the Xbox Kinect, which uses cameras to detect motion. Elliptic's technology, however, uses ultrasound and microphones, which give the synched devices a wider field of view, is more responsive to gestures and doesn't require lights to work, the company said.

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