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ImpactTV:
People are comfortable with the notion of remote controls and have been using them to change the settings of their TV sets for a long time. However, as remote controls become more and more complicated due to the escalation in complexity of consumer electronic devices, people increasingly find themselves faced with a formidable challenge every time that they want to change their TV channels. We describe a system that solves this problem in a very creative fashion. It allows people to control their TV sets by throwing objects against them. We developed an infrastructure based on an object recognition system that permits us to relate real physical objects with different kinds of video programming. In terms of future work, we are investigating the possibility of applying the concepts behind ImpactTV to other types of media such as audio and the World Wide Web.
More info on the ImpactTV project. |
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ImpactTV: Controlling Media with Physical Objects