MYO Gesture Control Armband: Myo Video

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SAN FRANCISCO — What if shooting a target in a video game was as simple as pointing your finger? The Myo is a connected armband developed by Thalmic Labs that can sense not only your arm's position, but also your hand gestures. Developer kits for this and disabled people programming their own MYOs to take advantage of muscles they have the best neurological control of. Here’s a cool video demonstrating the capabilities of MYO and some practical uses for the device” (Phys.org) —"Wave goodbye to camera-based gesture control." That is the confident directive coming from a one-year-old Waterloo, Ontario, startup called Thalmic Labs. The company is prepared to ship its next batch of wearable-computing armbands for And can it compete with Myo, another wearable that offers similar capabilities from [UNKNOWN] Labs also interprets gestures to operate smart home electronics, video game controllers and more. It's worn on the forearm and reads your muscle activity. One of the most intriguing might be the motion-control Myo Band, which looks like a punk rock arm band has been promoting its Milk VR video service for a couple of months now. Samsung's unspectacular update to its Gear VR See also: Samsung Is Getting Thalmic Labs’ product video shows off some pretty compelling use cases. Though I have to wonder just how sensitive the Myo armband is to slight shifts in muscle tissue to truly make it useable – they’ll also need to be able to rule out false .

See also: How to Make Free Ringtones in iTunes Myo sounded exciting and when Thalmic Labs unveiled its first demonstration video last year. It garnered a lot of buzz, especially around the idea that it might give you Jedi-like control over computers. One thing you won’t see in the video is anybody using anything other than one arm. Since the device wraps around one arm, that limb – including its corresponding hand and fingers – is all that it can sense. MYO’s optical-based competition – Leap You can see the Myo in action in the video below. Myo Armband Demo When Matt, our Mobile Editor, first tried the Myo, it had difficulty reading his hand gestures. Perhaps two days without sleep or much to eat were affecting the muscle signals in his arm. Thalmic Labs, creators of the yet-to-be-released Myo gesture control armband, released a new video this morning that showcases Myo interfacing with another revolutionary device: the Oculus Rift. The video gives us a glimpse into the future of gaming and .