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  • Kinesis is a legendary keyboard brand.
    by cisrockandroll
  • Great to explore alternative interfaces and repurpose existing hardware without having to rely on the manufacturer implementation.

    Have you considered providing GadgetBridge support? I don't see anything on https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/issues?stat... but it could bring interesting combinatorial possibilities.

    For anybody who wants to try that without any extra hardware but just your webcam give a go to https://codepen.io/mediapipe/pen/bGweWyR based on MediaPipe Hands in JavaScript https://chuoling.github.io/mediapipe/solutions/hands.html

    You can bind a hand position or gesture (e.g. going from one position to another) to a desktop command by running this in the background on your NodeJS companion app and spawn() for the commands.

    FWIW did something similar using OpenCV https://fabien.benetou.fr/Portfolio/PostureMaintenance 15 years go.

    If you also are interested in gaze tracking https://lebmatter.github.io/gazerjs/ is another Web based example.

    by utopiah
  • I seem to have completely missed the Neural Band as this is my first time even seeing it, but I have to admit - it does look quite cool.

    Anyone have any long-term hands-on experience with it? Would love to know if it feels clunky or not...

    by sammyteee
  • Meta doesn’t sell these separately from the glasses :(

    Are they patented to heck and back or can another manufacturer make a EMG bracelet for controlling a PC?

    by easton
  • The vibe coders have finally discovered their killer interface, and it is kind of cool, especially if integrated with voice inputs.
    by fidotron
  • Kinesis is already a word and an Amazon product, might have better discoverability naming your project something unique and specific.
    by pluc
  • This looks like it could potentially be a huge productivity win. The ergonomics seem tantalizingly similar to the infamous scene from Minority Report where Tom Cruise manipulates translucent data streams with his bare hands.

    Could I suggest that you shoot a new promotional demo video with enough lighting that viewers can see your hands? Personally I'd be very curious to see and understand the actual gestures that support a real world workflow involving multiple desktops and applications, with the hands transitioning as needed between neural band mode for navigation vs. keyboard/mouse mode for fine-grained motor inputs.

    by neoncontrails
  • The neural band always looked more interesting than the glasses tbh.

    I've been moving more and more away from terminal and IDEs, and I've been exploring how I could move to a flip phone / table + compact keyboard as most of my development time is now possible to be done via just using TTS.

    I'd be interested in exploring if something like this could remove the need for a mouse or touching the screen as well.

    Some alternatives that are not bound to the meta glasses: Mudra Link (USD 299), Mudra Band for Apple Watch (USD 350), MindRove Armband (USD 800, wow), SiFi Labs SiFi Band (no price), OYMotion gForce Pro+ (USD 1250, ok this side project is starting to look expensive)

    by geoah

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