<s>
Project	B-General_Concept
Digits	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Research	O
Project	O
under	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
laboratory	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Cambridge	O
;	O
researchers	O
from	O
Newcastle	O
University	O
and	O
University	O
of	O
Crete	O
are	O
also	O
involved	O
in	O
this	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	O
is	O
led	O
by	O
David	O
Kim	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Research	O
PhD	O
and	O
also	O
a	O
PhD	O
Student	O
in	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
at	O
Newcastle	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digits	O
is	O
an	O
input	B-Device
device	I-Device
which	O
can	O
be	O
mounted	O
on	O
the	O
wrist	O
of	O
human	O
hand	O
and	O
it	O
captures	O
and	O
displays	O
a	O
complete	O
3D	O
graphical	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
hand	O
on	O
screen	O
without	O
using	O
any	O
external	O
sensing	O
device	O
or	O
hand	O
covering	O
material	O
like	O
data	B-General_Concept
gloves	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prototype	B-Application
of	O
the	O
device	O
was	O
displayed	O
at	O
a	O
conference	O
on	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
technology	O
in	O
Massachusetts	O
on	O
9	O
October	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
Dimensional	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
controls	I-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
tablets	O
and	O
computers	O
,	O
3D	O
representation	O
of	O
hand	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
navigate	O
around	O
in	O
operating	O
systems	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
mouse	O
,	O
user	O
can	O
tap	O
onto	O
virtual	O
keyboard	O
to	O
type	O
,	O
a	O
pinching	O
action	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
zoom	O
into	O
image	O
or	O
documents	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
might	O
also	O
pair	O
this	O
device	O
with	O
Xbox	B-Algorithm
Kinect	I-Algorithm
,	O
to	O
achieve	O
greater	O
level	O
of	O
interaction	O
with	O
gaming	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
attempts	O
at	O
gesture	O
sensing	O
technology	O
like	O
data	B-General_Concept
gloves	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
failed	O
to	O
make	O
an	O
impact	O
and	O
were	O
only	O
limited	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
chance	O
that	O
Digits	O
might	O
end	O
up	O
like	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
