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The current archive of UseYourHead news, press coverage, and press
releases is available here. We cannot guarantee the availability
of sites hosted outside of Cybernet, but endeavour to keep all links
accurate and active by removing site articles that go dead. If we've
missed an article you've seen, please tell
us about it!
Briefs
- Gesture recognition for simulation
October 1st, 2001 - International Defense Review
brief
"Cybernet Systems will continue development of an automatic
gesture-learning system under a Phase II Small Business Innovation
Research contract from the US Army's Simulation, Training and Instrumentation
Command. This will allow the leaders of small infantry units, immersed
in a virtual-reality environment, to direct the actions of computer-generated forces by means of hand gestures. The system
learns these, even if it has not seen them before, and takes the
appropriate action."
Go
on, shake your fist at the screen
June 4th, 2001 - USA Today article
"Believe it or not, the mouse could become extinct one
day..." (this article also appeared in the Courier-Journal)
Use
Your Head Plus
April 19th, 2001 - BP Technology review
"The only thing not cool about the Use Your Head Plus game
controller is that it is only available for PCs powered by Windows..."
Cybernet
Systems Awards Japanese Distribution License for UseYourHead PC
Game Enhancement Software
March 7th, 2001 - press release, acrobat format
"Cybernet Systems today announced a strategic distribution
partnership with act2 Inc. of Japan for its popular gesture recognition
PC gaming peripheral software..."
Cybernet
Systems partners with act2 to bring head movement technology to
Japan
March 6th, 2001 - IGN Japan article
"In a phone interview with Charles (Cohen) and Tony Comazzi,
both of Cybernet Systems, we learned today that their gesture recognition
software, UseYourHead, is being released in the Japanese market
under the name Head Hunter."
Cybernet
Systems Creates Retail Pack with UseYourHead™ Software and
USB PC Camera
December 14th, 2000 -
press release, adobe acrobat format
"Cybernet Systems today announced the general availability
of UseYourHead Plus..."
Put
Your Head in the Game
December 7th, 2000 - GameSpy review
"GameSpy looks at Cybernet Systems' UseYourHead technology
that allows you to use head movements to give out game commands."
Cybernet
Systems and Macmillan USA Sign Distribution Agreement
December 6th, 2000 - press
release, adobe acrobat format
"Cybernet Systems today announced that it has inked a deal
with Macmillan USA..."
UseYourHead
Available Via Internet
November 15th, 2000 - Gamasutra article
"...based on Cybernet's patent-pending, gesture recognition
and tracking technology, UseYourHead works in conjunction with a
USB PC camera (such as cameras by 3Com and Intel) to detect players'
head movements and translate them into game commands, augmenting
mouse clicks and keystrokes."
Using
Your Head As A Joystick
November 14th, 2000 - Slashdot article
Slashdot and a number of other sites announced and linked the Use
Your Head launch, including The
Adrenaline Vault, ign.com,
QuebecPC
(in French), Telex (in German), Oyun
Sitesi (in Turkish), Absolute
Games 2 (in Russian) and Crain's Detroit Business.
Cybernet
Systems' UseYourHead PC Gaming Peripheral Software Now Available
Via Internet Download
November 13th, 2000 -
press release, website notation
"Cybernet Systems today announced that UseYourHead (formerly
known as HeadHunter), a software product that provides a new dimension
in PC game play by allowing players to use head movements as input
commands, is now available to consumers via Internet download..."
(and another
copy via Yahoo)
UseYourHead
Press Release
November 13th, 2000 - press
release, adobe acrobat format
"Cybernet Systems today announced that UseYourHead™ (formerly
known as HeadHunter™), the industry's first software product that
provides a new dimension in PC game play by allowing players to
use head movements as input commands, is now available to consumers
via Internet download at www.useyourheadsw.com."
Trends:
Gesture and Speech Recognition Software
October 1st, 2000 - Presentations.com article
"Imagine creating an entire speech by merely reading
it to your computer. Or changing PowerPoint slides with a wave of
your hand instead of the click of a remote..."
Note:
Articles before October 1st, 2000 refer to "Headhunter",
which was the pre-release name for UseYourHead. Headhunter is also
the name that was used for the Japanese release version of UseYourHead.
Computer
gamers, use your heads
September 29th, 2000 - Detroit Free Press
article
"The program, which is exceedingly easy to use, tracks four
head movements: side to side and forward and back. The user can
associate each movement with a keystroke or combination of keys,
which is especially useful in keyboard-intensive computer games."
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