Opera 10 Gets Face Gestures

April 1 2009

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source : Techtree

Opera has done it again. It has long claimed to be the complete web browser out there providing most functionalities out-of-the-box, instead of stupid, memory-hogging applications known as extensions.

Eight years after the introduction of “Mouse Gestures” with the Opera 5.1, Opera has announced that it will integrate a revolutionary “Face Gestures” feature into the latest version of Opera 10 Alpha. Like Mouse Gestures, which helped users to control actions on their browser with a mere movement of their mice, Face Gestures allows the user to make a browser do almost everything a browser can possibly do, with their face (facial expressions to be precise). All you need is a decent web camera installed on your computer and the rest will be taken care of by the browser.

 

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Opera Face Gestures currently includes more than 45 controls. That’s a lot for a start! Almost anything you can perform using your mouse can be done easily just by expressing your desire on your face. The functionalities supported include the opening of new tabs, restoring sessions, and even scrolling. If that was not enough, you can even compose an e-mail message using expressions. To activate Opera Face Gestures, simply press the single-key shortcut F8. To have a look at some of the features and the most important calibration part during setup, take a look at the video below.

April 1 2009
Mikko permalink

Love it! April fools!

April 1 2009
Mikko permalink

“At the moment soul-patches crashes the browser and it refuses to relaunch, we are looking into this problem. Bushmen beards and emo haircuts are not supported.”

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