Zesture

Creative

gesture control for media and presentations

SHOW HN2020

34points
12comments
#1,295of 3,028 in 2020
Top 43%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.22.

Idea: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, neat-looking website and product

    From 3 comments
    • > Touch-less technology is the future What makes you think that's the case? What's the reasoning to start to use touch-less technologies, and why would they be the future? IMHO…
      dgellow on HN
    • This looks pretty neat! I'm definitely going to give it a try! Also, I really appreciate the price, with the $9,99 one time purchase it seems like it's afforable to a lot of…
      beeman on HN
    • Hi there - Looks very neat, would give it a try.
      ronakjain90 on HN
  • Affordable one-time price

    From 1 comment
    • This looks pretty neat! I'm definitely going to give it a try! Also, I really appreciate the price, with the $9,99 one time purchase it seems like it's afforable to a lot of…
      beeman on HN

Objections

  • Touchless control lacks physical feedback

    From 1 comment
    • > Touch-less technology is the future What makes you think that's the case? What's the reasoning to start to use touch-less technologies, and why would they be the future? IMHO…
      dgellow on HN
  • Webcam light doesn't prove no other app is accessing the camera

    From 1 comment
    • This is very neat looking and at some point I may give this a go to control Spotify. One concern I have though is with this running the LED light on camera is always going to be…
      jarym on HN

Requests

  • Enterprise license and long-term support

    From 1 comment
    • Some use cases I have personally worked on: To allow surgeons to interact with my software within an operating room without the need for an assistant (to remain sterile).…
      mbzi on HN
  • Usage guidelines such as distance from camera

    From 1 comment
    • Some use cases I have personally worked on: To allow surgeons to interact with my software within an operating room without the need for an assistant (to remain sterile).…
      mbzi on HN
  • Benchmarks against other gesture SDKs and hardware

    From 1 comment
    • Some use cases I have personally worked on: To allow surgeons to interact with my software within an operating room without the need for an assistant (to remain sterile).…
      mbzi on HN

Questions

  • Why touchless technology would be the future

    From 1 comment
    • > Touch-less technology is the future What makes you think that's the case? What's the reasoning to start to use touch-less technologies, and why would they be the future? IMHO…
      dgellow on HN
  • Whether the product infringes patents

    From 1 comment
    • Some use cases I have personally worked on: To allow surgeons to interact with my software within an operating room without the need for an assistant (to remain sterile).…
      mbzi on HN

Alternatives named

  • Magic Leap motion control sensor device

    From 1 comment
    • I bought the old Magic Leap motion control sensor device a couple of years ago and this is an all software replacement.
      reiichiroh on HN
  • TF.js/BlazePalm hand tracking

    From 1 comment
    • Some college kid could get this done in a day with TF.js/BlazePalm. It's like the Flutter app which google bought for the domain & instead of releasing it or doing anything with…
      villgax on HN

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