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It may be early for me to start hinting at next year’s Christmas gifts, but if my husband wants to get me a fancy piece of jewelry, I’d rather wrap the Loop around my arm.
This space-age remote has the looks of Wonder Woman’s bracelets, and the superpowers to control your TV. Instead of flipping channels, the device uses just two buttons and a scroll wheel to translate hand motions into navigation through on-screen icons.
In other words, you no longer need to squint through TV listings—just click on Jack Bauer’s face for “24.”
Hillcrest Labs developed the technology, titled Freespace. The technology is up for grabs to anyone who wants to use it, but it’s still not entirely clear who will be manufacturing the remote. That information is still under the protection of the Justice League. Someone had better pick it up. I already wrote it on my Christmas list—in pen!
- Available early 2007
- First Freespace-enabled product
- Technology available for PC peripherals, home entertainment consoles, game controllers, TV remotes & more
While the bracelet looking remote looks cool, it doesn;t look very user friendly at all.
This technology is amazing. It’s not so much the form factor alone—which is cool and very intuitive—but it’s also the whole concept. When the mouse came to the PC look at everything that happened—the web would not have happened without a mouse (imagine navigating the web in the same up/down/left/right on your remote—will never happen). So this puts the cursor on my nice 50-inch HDTV—now I’ve got applications for that. Amazon and eBay on my TV—I’m there for that! Hillcrest is going to rule at CES I think.
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It’s quite intuitive. You are judging it based on a picture. Go to their website and view the videos, you’ll, see how easy it looks to use. Not sure exact URL but it’s something like http://www.hillcrestlabs.com.