New Research Reveals Remote Control Using Facial Movement
We’ve gone a long way since the birth of the TV set. It started with black-and-white, then went to color, and now we’re playing with LCDs and other technologies that enhance our viewing pleasure. For all the things that have been improved with TV sets, one thing has remained the same: the remote control. There might have been a few changes in its appearance and core components, but the idea is still the same: we continue to use one hand to point a wireless device to a TV and press buttons to change channels.
A researcher in San Diego has discovered a way to use facial expressions to manipulate video playback, opening the possibility that your face could be the remote control of the future.
The researchers recently conducted a pilot test with 8 people that demonstrated information within the facial expressions people make while watching recorded video lectures can be used to predict a person’s preferred viewing speed of the video and how difficult a person perceives the lecture at each moment in time.”
There’s no mention of flipping channels yet, but who knows? Maybe you’ll be able to actually watch your favorite show instead of spending the first half of it looking for the remote.
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