Google will bring voice-activated commands to TV, handy for those who misplace the remote.
He responds to touch and voice-activated commands with life-like expressions.
Pronto, a new phone service offered by i3 Mobile (www.i3mobile.com), allows customers to use voice-activated commands to retrieve information from the Internet and send e-mail.
That month, Gates sent his executives a memo, headed " 'Sea Change' Brings Opportunity," that sought to identify trends that would affect his company: graphical computing, "electronic communication with office documents," and the advent of voice-activated commands.
These allow not only motion-controlled gameplay for multiple users, enabling a better view around corners in racing title Forza 5 if you tilt your head, for example, but also voice-activated commands so that the user can turn the console on and off or alter the volume.
Stumbling and slowly, telephony led to research into speech recognition and voice-activated commands.
In July, Amazon made its Echo device widely available — thus beating Google with a voice-activated device that makes the home a more powerful hub for entertainment, utility and search through voice-activated commands.
Inside our vehicles, we're faced with digital dashboards, voice-activated commands, and rear-view cameras to name a few.
The mattress responds to voice-activated commands to adjust firmness and elevation settings, can give you massage and uses a non-invasive technology called SleepIQ to track your sleep experience and suggest support adjustments.
Page's brain implants remain some way further off, though both Google founders have lately been wearing "Google Glass" prototypes, headbands that project a permanent screen on the edge of your field of vision, with apps – cameras, search, whatever – answerable to voice-activated command.
