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Minority Report was an enjoyable action flick, but it may hold the blame for getting the idea stuck in our collective heads that 3D gesture control is the next frontier for computing. The Kinect ...

The facial recognition and voice recognition now standard on many smartphones have habituated end users to touch-free control. Limited gesture recognition already exists on even mid-range phones.