The future of the remote control: Leap shows gesture control solution

The traditional remote control is dead. Nowadays the remote has become a small hand-held computer which allows you to operate much more than just switching channels and the volume. Over-the-top systems like Boxee and AppleTV have released smartphone apps to control what you’re watching and to sync with your personal media center. In gaming the Wii brought a revolution using motion as a controller and last year the Xbox Kinect allowed you to used 3D gestures to operate the screen.

And now there’s the Leap

The Leap brings a new meaning to the concept of motion control by allowing users to use complex 3D gestures to control whatever is on the screen. As a touchscreen overlay in front of you screen. For now the Leap is focusing on human-computer interaction but watch the video and imagine what it could bring to the TV set.

As the company describes The Leap:

Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen. For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements.

Find out more about Leap Motion at their website.