The topic I have chosen to research is gestural interfaces or the use of human body motion to interact with a digital medium. The goal of gesture interfaces is to recognize and interpret human motion and translate it into a mathematical algorithm that can be used as data. Most gestural interfaces use the face and hands to control or create something digitally.

Examples:

1: Intel RealSense (http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/realsense-overview.html)

2: SixthSense (http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/)

3: Car Gesture Dashboard (http://www.wsj.com/articles/car-dashboard-controls-just-a-hand-gesture-away-1420727845)

4: Gesture ring (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx3zWHS8amA)

5: Future interface group (http://www.figlab.com/)