My first reaction is, my kids would love this. I can't trust them around nobs and buttons–little hands too often pull off the nobs and buttons or pound them all at once. But they can memorize gestures, and I would far rather have them interfacing with the table.
I really want one, but have some really specific questions about a couple things.
Can it sense multiple fingers?
Since it's sonar, does it still work properly if it's hidden behind another material? I'm thinking of having a beam labs (http://beamlabsinc.com) projector hidden in a can light in the ceiling and then having Welle either installed behind a wall right by where the projector lands or embedded in the surface of the wall with a thin white covering so it would essentially be an touch interactive screen that would appear on command.
@peterfreeby Hi Peter. It is cool, isn't it? Current version of Welle supports single finger interaction, and this is why we focus on control of devices. For your use case with Beam Labs projector, we think it is valid and we have actually been testing with projectors, like the one shown in People Say Wow and Stage of Development: https://www.kickstarter.com/proj.... It is surely a good use case for work, say Presentation. Regarding multi-finger gesturing control, we are working really hard on that part.
@peterfreeby Welle does not work if it is behind another material, because Welle uses Sonar (Ultrasonic) technology. Ultrasonic wave is a mechanical wave and cannot traverse walls like other electromagnetic waves do, such as Ultra-Wide Band or Radar. The theory behind is that the sensor transmit signal pulses and collect reflected echoes when it detect obstacles. Then the sensor use the collected data to recognize gestures.
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