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Microsoft is testing gesture sensing PC Keyboard

Recently from a research paper published by Microsoft, it shows that they are experimenting with some ways to combine trackpad gestures on traditional PC keyboards. Microsoft reveals a prototype that combines Apple keyboard with an array of infrared proximity sensors with an ending result as same as HP's Leap Motion . At this start, the keyboard supports gestures like swipe to scroll, a virtual steering to play games and pinch-to-zoom in and out. ( Image credit : Microsoft ) While there are few of these type already available in the market such as the Tobii which was showcased by a company at CES but way expensive for an alternative to Keyboard/mouse. Looking at the Microsoft's work, if this thing from them comes soon to market then it should be cheap and much affordable than the other gadgets. For now, it's only a prototype. So, it's some far away to launch but it's not impossible from Microsoft's side of research of gesture keyboard. The manufactu...