New Sony Vaio Notebook Comes with Gesture Control

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Sony is one of the first major notebook manufacturers to update the overall UI of its notebooks with a gesture interface.

Thanks to a front-acing 1.31 megapixel camera, the user of a Vaio E Series 14P can control basic features of the notebook and software via hand movements. However, it is a very careful and basic implementation as only Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer 9, PowerPoint and PowerDVD support gestures at this time.

Gesture control is an intriguing new way that could be an evolutionary step above a touchscreen and by far more useful on notebooks that touch or audio-input. However, gesture interfaces are currently way too crippled to make sense for most users beyond a nice-to-have feature. Gestures require, just like touch, a system-wide integration and they need plenty of app support to become an appealing feature.

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9 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Hazbot
    Knowing Sony this should be WAY out of ANYONE'S price range.
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  • olaf
    its like buying a mac same price range but worse ... none of the mac advantages
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  • drwho1
    Useless gimmick.
    I have always used "gestures" over the Keyboard and even over the mouse pad.
    They work for me.
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  • GangstaChamp21
    cool.
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  • southernshark
    its a start
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  • allenpan
    intresting, so webcam is on 24/7? inorder to use the guester right? i can see "NO HARM"...
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  • DroKing
    Meh, but if it comes with windows 8 *error cannot compute*
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  • Sonny73N
    No, it's not like Apple. Apple is much better than Sony. I've owned many Sony products but I'd decided to ditch them simply because there's many other who can make better products and offer them with much better price.
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  • halcyon
    greghomeWhat sort of advantages does a Mac have?and you do know that prices in Europe and the rest of the world will be higher than the US prices due to sales and import tax rite?Well, at least a MacBook Pro isn't made out of plastic. Most people would agree a computer chassis made from metal is higher quality than one made from plastic. ...other than that... no advantages I can think of.
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