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Ok, this is what I think we will see a lot of. No talking, no vision, no touching, just some simple gestures.

Dave Rosenthal (former MIT/Sun/nVidia not archivist guy) and I talked a bit about gesture control when the first MEMS accelerometers came out. They allowed for a wide range of controls but they drifted horribly so it wasn't possible to do a sort of "hold for fast forward" kind of motion. You had to have a move to start and a move to end.

To some extent this is the same problem as the Leap which can know where your fingers are but you can't hold a gesture and move your hand (afaict, I've not seen the LEAP SDK in action yet)

Imagine this working with Google Glass or similar.

This mode of input deserves to be used alongside other input methods such as keyboard, mouse, stylus/pen, various other sensors like gyroscope and touch screens.

No one mentioned this is a HN company?

This is actually really cool. Gesture control outside the bounds of a video based recognition system is the next level imho. How would this compare to Leap (https://www.leapmotion.com/) in terms of precision?

Also the introduction video nicely showcases the possibilities.

This was the video that Popular Science featured :http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=o...
This is really interesting. Looking to see what is created by developers through their API. So much potential, interesting to see which large co. will come knocking to acquire them.
This could really be something else. I signed up and am #777 in line. I'm assuming this will be more worth the wait than Mailbox - and probably delivered about the same time.
This post is not getting the attention it deserves. I think its marking the beginning of the next wave of interaction with our devices.
Definitely interesting, but I am waiting to see actual usage and how accurate it really is