Nod

You beat me to it! I saw this this morning, came here to post it, and found you'd already done it. Well played, sir.

@UXAndrew, you are a gentleman and a scholar. TBH, I expected it to already be on here and was surprised when it wasn't. Have a nice day!

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.)

The text is on top of a hand, so it’s super hard to read. Then the hand swipes it off screen. OH WERE YOU READING THAT FUCK YOU.

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.