Nintendo Corp.’s Wii game console is a breakout hit in large part considering users control the play by waving around a motion-sensing wireless controller.

Many new gadgets are taking the concept of such an intuitive interface several steps further. Soon, you may be able to control computers, television sets, even cell phones with hand gestures alone.

In one demonstration by 3DV Systems at the universal Consumer Electronics Show here that week, users stood in front of a large

screen and controlled a Windows computer with hand gestures: thumb left to go left, index finger right to go right, victory sign for Enter.

JVC, plus known as Victor Co. of Japan Ltd., demonstrated a prototype TV with controls based on the same view: gestures and sounds like snaps and claps turn the set on or off, control volume or change the channel.

The prospect of never again having to […]

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