Kinect Geeks Make Gmail Motion A Reality [Video]
Gmail Motion was just one in a series of elaborate April Fools Day hoaxes, but a group of Kinect geniuses from USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies MxR Lab had the last laugh when they actually brought Gmail Motion to life using their own body motion technology.
Last Friday, April 1, Google announced Gmail Motion—a new system that lets Gmail users navigate their email, sans mouse and keyboard, with their body movements. Of course, Gmail Motion was just one in a series of elaborate April Fools Day hoaxes, but a group of Kinect geniuses from USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) MxR Lab had the last laugh when they actually brought Gmail Motion to life using their own body motion technology. A video of one such Kinect genius, demoing the product in action, is currently spreading like wildfire on YouTube and beyond.
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