this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2024
178 points (92.0% liked)

Technology

59589 readers
2972 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

bringing "in-air" gestures to airpods

I can't wait for stories of people brushing their hair away and the earbuds take that as a sign to raise the volume too high or something equally dumb to happen because they won't be able to differentiate between a normal gesture meant for it and something not meant for it.

Gesture controls are cool, but what happens if they are too sensitive to movement or think gesture xyz is the same as gesture zyx?

[โ€“] Natanael@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago

These already have IR sensors for gesture detection

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hy-concealed-smart-earbuds#/

Using cameras instead of simpler IR sensors are going to hurt battery life

load more comments (3 replies)