Crestron grabs some eyeballs on the Integrated Systems Europe 2012 show floor in Amsterdam by demonstrating how its control systems can read Microsoft Kinect gestures.

The automation manufacturer says it has been testing a new technology by Microsoft that allows Microsoft Kinect technology to be supported on any Windows-based system, and not just Xbox as in the past. There’s no word yet on when these joined technologies will be be available to integrators and end users.

From Crestron:

Crestron engineers created, and are testing, gestures that integrate Kinect with Crestron control. Crestron control systems will read Kinect gestures so, for example, presenters can sweep their hands left or right to advance/reverse a PowerPoint Presentation and raise or lower hands to dim/raise the lights in the room. With Crestron’s open platform, the possibilities of what you can control and how you can trigger the commands are endless.

Better yet, watch Crestron director of global marketing campaigns, Jeff Singer demonstrate the Crestron integration with Kinect:

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