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Panasonic has the concept EZTouch on display at CEATEC. The remote uses two touchpads like those found on laptops so that the user will not have to look down at the remote. Instead, the remote will have a display on the screen. Sensors will be able to adjust the remote for both left and right handed users. The use of dual touchpads also allows for the inclusion of gestures as commands such as scrolling.

Panasonic also showed an Interactive TV wall which uses a camera positioned above the TV and detects movements similar to the PS3 Eye. However, it is reported to suffer from some shortcomings - mostly a lack of precision and responsiveness.

[Engadget and AkihabaraNews]