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The MAD Gaze smartwatch promises to bring the future to your wrist with gesture control based on hand, wrist and finger movements.
Despite claims by its manufacturer, it is not the first of its kind. Announced a few months ago, the Nubia Alpha already offered this kind of functionality. For its part, Google had also toyed with this idea with its Soli project. However, MAD Gaze is pushing this technology to its extreme.
How does gesture control work on the MAD Gaze?
The newcomer therefore takes an unprecedented approach to gesture control on a smartwatch. For example, for reply to an SMS, you don’t need to touch the device’s circular screen. he enough to press his little finger to read the message and to snap his fingers to send one.
Likewise, it enough to press a specific part of his hand or join his fingers to control his music. But the MAD Gaze can also be used as a controller for an AR or VR ehealth game. You just have to move your arm for the motion sensor to interpret it on the screen.
If it all seems a little complicatedis that it really is. Thus, the user can assign a specific action to the back of his hand, to each finger, to the snapping of these, etc. In all, 33 gestures are possible. Not very intuitive when you're in a hurry, especially since each application has its own combination of movements.
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A smart health connected watch that defends itself
If we put aside the redundant gesture control features, it is undeniable that the MAD Gaze is a very interesting smart health connected watch. Thus, in addition to SMS, it can receive and perform phone calls, has the 4G and can act as fitness tracker.
In addition, it is waterproof with an IP67 score and incorporates a chip GPS as well as a heart rate sensor. So this is a great option for any sportsman. The deal is all the more tantalizing that the device can currently pre-order at 139 dollars (almost 125 euros) on Indiegogo. It will cost 289 dollars (nearly 260 euros) after its launch.
For note, the product is still in testing phase, thus, it could never be marketed, like everything that is on a crowdfunding platform. It should also be noted that the device is not running WearOS, but Android 7.0. We can't really be happy to have such a dated version of an OS in 2020. But we will have to see after the first deliveries scheduled for June.
Nevertheless, we always appreciate that a small independent team like the one behind the MAD Gaze has the audacity to try to revolutionize a segment of the market.
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