quote:Michael Kanellos: A prototype application called "Stuff I've Seen," for instance, will store every screen that has popped up on a given computer monitor for a year. Another prototype called "Ask MSR" allows users to pose queries using the natural flow of language, asking "Where is Saddam Hussein?" for example.
quote:Michael Kanellos: While the system currently only recognizes a few simple gestures, it will expand. Volume in a future version of Windows Media Player could be adjusted, hypothetically, with a wrist-twisting motion, Wilson said. He added that a friend advised the special effects team on "Minority Report" on building Tom Cruise's gesture-driven PC screens.