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DSI Intros HandGear 3D navigation touchpad. (product spotlight).

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DSI Datotech's Gesture Recognition Technology (GRT) is the basis of the company's new 3D navigation device, the HandGear touchpad. The GRT interprets hand "gestures" (contact must be made, but varying degrees of force are recognized) that are performed on the HandGear touchpad.

The HandGear can recognize gestures performed with any of up to 10 fingers. Sensors in the pad track the position and force of the contacts, and each gesture can be customized to execute specific functions. The MPT also comes with plug-ins that integrate with third-party applications to map hand gesture input directly to functions in those applications that are normally controlled by input devices such as mice and ...

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