Is it even remotely possible this could be used for the type of control that you need to play Halo? (That's two full directional control sticks and eleven buttons.)
Wow @guygal I hadn't actually seen it before, just watched their video. This is a fun comparison, because in both cases I can't really imagine them working well, but I'm smart enough to know my imagination is dumb, and it's totally possible that both the Nod and the Myo would blow me away.
A few notes:
Myo — Shows a bunch of applications where it'd be useful. The video makes it look like a tool.
Nod — Shows a bunch of people controlling media on a television screen—something we already have effective tools for.
Myo — Shows a guy playing a rails-shooter and making very obvious movements that are mirrored in game.
Nod — Shows a guy playing Silent Cartographer in a way that is almost assuredly fake.
Myo — Shows someone handling raw meat, and using the device to control their laptop. Not the most compelling use-case, but it's easy to imagine that sort of thing working. Controlling my device while cooking/hands dirty is a pain in my life.
Nod — Shows a guy changing channels.
Myo — Shows a soldier controlling a… mine-sweeper vehicle?
Nod — Shows a guy changing volume.
Et cetera.
Obviously I'm being a jerk here. Again: totally possible that both of these devices will be useful and great. I think lots of products (these included) rest on being cool.
@guygal "extension of your arm" is exactly what I was thinking. Even if Nod is extremely precise and accurate, it doesn't really seem better than a Kinect.
All these devices seem to try and pitch themselves as removing levels of abstraction from interfaces. I met with the team at Flutter (since acquired by google: https://flutterapp.com ) and it was an interesting conversation along these lines. The fact of the matter is that most of this stuff is just a *different* form of abstraction. In Nod's case: it's changing from a reliable, well known, paddle of buttons, but it's not really making pausing or fast forwarding or changing volume less abstract, just differently abstract.
Myo looks better since it (as far as I could tell) isn't removing abstraction, but simply providing a new form of control for circumstances where existing controls don't work.
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