3D Animation is a better method in teaching sign language

That’s according to Hitachi researcher, Hirohiko Sagawa and his cohorts see limitation in previous method used to teach sign language, among them include, textbooks, videotapes, and software. With that in mind, they have created a prototype mobile phone that displays the Japanese sign language movements. The viewing angles can be shifted

as well as enlarged so that users may get a more well-rounded sense of what the gesture means. The prototype phone was shown off at Hitachi’s advanced technology fair in Tokyo yesterday.

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