Canesta is bringing new meaning to the stereotypical definition of a couch-potato. Full-time TV viewers will no longer have to worry about the calluses they might develop from overuse of the remote, because Canesta has come out with “gesture control” technology.

Monday’s E3 press conference revealed the new “Project Natal,” Microsoft’s attempt to outdo Nintendo Wii by creating video games that are controlled by motion sensors alone, giving gamers no need for a controller at all. Natal is designed to work in conjunction with the Xbox 360 gaming system, but downside is that it requires players to stand for the sensors to work.

While Natal certainly has a novel idea, Canesta’s technology goes far beyond Natal. For the average couch-potato, Canesta’s development of gesture-controlled technology will have a broader scope than Microsoft’s attempt. Just last week, Canesta’s demonstration of their new technology at the D: All Things Digital Conference stunned everyone who saw it.

In last week’s press release, Canesta shared that they are working with Hitachi and GestureTek to produce new technology that is controlled solely by hand gestures. Canesta reports that these new 3-D interfaces will eventually be designed to work with almost all electronic devices, specifically mentioning televisions, media centers, computers, cell phones, and even automobiles and industrial or medical applications.

Canesta believes their new technology will revolutionize the markets in the same way that the iPhone shook things up with their multi-touch screen introduction. But Canesta’s technology is a step beyond the offering of the iPhone or similar technology. Although some companies are working to develop similar technology, Canesta leads the way in this field. Their patented sensors are the only ones that can be used in both total darkness and bright sunlight.

Their goal of the company is to develop the technology at a low cost for consumers, and has plans to release it to the general public by late 2010. They expect some industrial applications of the technology to be introduced even sooner.

Canesta is an up-and-comer in the tech world, having been founded only ten years ago (established in 1999). They are also relatively small, having only 57 employees and associates. But don’t let that fool you. They also have over 40 granted patents, and are fully financed for this project.

The new 3-D vision sensor will certainly bring a whole new dimension to technology and its capabilities. Of course, one can only wonder what the “remote wars” will be like when you are the remote. With possible integration into nearly every type of technology, the next few years could hold some astonishing revelations.

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