Google's Gmail Motion April Fools Day Prank. Lol.

Google has done it again! This time with their so-called Gmail Motion and Google Docs Motion have fooled millions of Google Users(but not me, lol.). Here's the report about their April Fool pranks for this year and see for yourself.



Gmail Motion, Google April Fools Joke


With April Fool’s day in full swing, one of technology’s greatest contributors has cooked up a joke that almost seems real.
When users of Google’s Gmail logged in this morning, Google notified them of a new extension of Gmal called “Gmail Motion.”
The proposed idea would turn your laptop into an Xbox Kinect of sorts, as you would use your body motions to determine what Gmail would do. For example: to reply to an email, one would point their thumb on one hand behind them, to reply all: both hands.

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According to the Gmail Motion webpage, “Gmail Motion uses your computer’s built-in webcam and Google’s patented spatial tracking technology to detect your movements and translate them into meaningful characters and commands. Movements are designed to be simple and intuitive for people of all skill levels.”
As a company known for their April Fool’s day pranks, this one might have caused the most confusion. Google released a drawing of all the responses Gmail would recognize, and provided pictures of “beta testers” making ridiculous signs with their hands.
While the idea might not be a bad one for the future, this iteration of user control will have to remain an April Fool’s joke for this year.
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New Delhi: Continuing its tradition of April Fool's hoaxes Google unveiled another 'new feature'. This time for its popular email service, Gmail. The new fabricated Gmail feature is called Gmail Motion.
According to Google, Gmail Motion is the company's "first attempts at next generation human computer interaction." Users will be able to control Gmail without the aid of a keyboard or mouse. Messages can be composed and replied to using only the human body.
Never the one to miss out on the little technical details, Google has put up detailed videos explaining how the thing works and have also posted a motion graph, to explain which body actions can perform what functions on Gmail as well as some safety precautions. That's not all, Google also announced that it was bringing Gmail Motion to Google Docs later in the year.
Gmail Motion: Google's April Fool's prank
But unlike some of its previous All Fools Day hoxes, Google reveals the plot a bit too soon. The joke is revealed soon after a user clicks on the 'Try Gmail Motion' button.
Google's history of April 1 jokes can be traced back to 2000 when they announced the launch of MentalPlex, when Google asked its users to focus on a swirling spiral and project a mental image of what they wanted to search for and the results page displayed humourous error messages.
MentalPlex was followed by PigeonRank, where Google claimed that it used pigeons for its PageRank system. Other notable Google's April Fool pranks include Google Gulp, Gmail Paper and Google TiSP.
Google also had a number of non-hoaxes on April 1. The biggest was the Gmail launch in 2004, something that many had thought to be a hoax.


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