Humantech Institute

ASGARD Prototype

ASGARD is a novel context-aware system for deictic gestures interaction with smart environments. The system tracks multiple users; moreover, it recognizes inhabitants’ postures and gestures in real-time. This information, enriched with smart objects coordinates, is reconstructed in a 3D model to allow the recognition process. Finally the system executes the programmed tasks to support the users’ activity. Two Microsoft Kinect depth cameras have been used to acquire the data and a framework for the communication with the smart objects has been adopted.

For more information: https://project.eia-fr.ch/asgard/Pages/Overview.aspx

+ Control

PlusControl is a novel multi-user interaction system for cooperative work with large screen. This system is designed for a use with economic deictic and control gestures in air and it allows free mobility in the environment to the users. PlusControl consists in light worn devices with infrared emitters and Bluetooth accelerometers.