Cybernet's New HeadHunter Software Tracks Head Movement for Interactive Gaming Control.Business Editors & Entertainment/High-Tech Writers ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2000 First Interactive Gesture Recognition (1) The ability to interpret simple handwritten symbols such as check marks and slashes. See PDA and tablet PC. (2) The ability to recognize hand signals. In 1998, Toshiba introduced a device that uses infrared light reflected from a user's hand to sense its motion. Software Enables PC Gamers PC Gamer is a magazine founded in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future Publishing. The magazine features news on developments in the video game industry, previews of new games, and reviews of the latest popular PC games, along with other features to Use Their Heads With Their Favorite First- and Third-Person Shooter Third-person shooter (TPS or 3PS) is a genre of 3D computer and video games in which the player character is seen at a distance from a number of different possible perspective angles, as opposed to the first-person model in which the player views everything in the game world as if , Action and Adventure Games Cybernet Systems today announced the creation of a new dimension in PC game play with the release of HeadHunter headhunter A popular term for a person–or employment agency who recruits physicians, upper echelon executives or other professionals, matching potential employees with employers (TM), its landmark software that tracks players' head movements as they maneuver through game missions. Based on innovative gesture recognition technology, HeadHunter uses head motions to determine directional movement, leaving the player's hands free to change weaponry, engage in combat, adjust strategy and focus on the multitude of commands necessary for battle. HeadHunter is an input device compatible with most popular first- and third-person shooter games, such as QUAKE(TM), and other action, adventure, flight simulation and some children's games. It works in conjunction with a USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. PC camera (such as cameras by Logitech and Intel(R)) to capture head movements and translate them into game commands to give the player an additional control device. HeadHunter's real-time precision control enables gamers to move through each mission with quick head motions, eliminating many keyboard commands Using the keyboard to navigate menus and buttons and select options. See Win Keyboard commands. . Using HeadHunter, players can duck, jump, move in any direction, peer around corners and utilize other movements as supported in specific games. "Today's first- and third-person shooter games, as well as many other action, adventure, flight simulation and children's games, require a multitude of keyboard or mouse directives," noted Anthony J. Comazzi, Cybernet's vice president of business development and director of marketing for HeadHunter. "Using our patent-pending gesture recognition and tracking technology, HeadHunter enhances the gaming enthusiast's mission-critical experience by adding a new dimension in game control that augments keystrokes or mouse clicks. For example, when someone shoots at you and you dodge, your online player dodges -- it's that simple." HeadHunter is the first consumer software gaming product to market that uses visual gesture recognition technology. It engages the user in a unique human/computer experience by creating multiple dimensions through sight, touch and motion. It is the second product Cybernet Systems has successfully introduced to the gaming industry; previously, the company invented and patented the technology behind force feedback controllers that allows users to receive tactile tactile /tac·tile/ (tak´til) pertaining to touch. tac·tile adj. 1. Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. 2. Used for feeling. 3. feedback from computers or gaming consoles. This technology has been acquired by Immersion Corp. of San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. HeadHunter will be available this fall through retail outlets and via the Internet for less than $30, making it an affordable and timely holiday gift. About Cybernet Cybernet Systems Corp. is a profitable, rapidly growing technology-based company focused on developing products that combine software and Internet intelligence with human-machine interaction. Cybernet has successfully leveraged its wealth of intellectual property to bring force feedback technology to market in the form of game controllers and joysticks, and introduced the first Linux-based Internet appliance Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. software. The company continues to innovate in the areas of Internet medical systems, large-scale distributed network training and gaming and gesture control interface technology. Additional information on Cybernet Systems is available on the web at www.cybernet.com. Additional information about HeadHunter can be found at www.headhunterplay.com. |
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