Technologies for gesture control of camera view selection for vehicle computing devices

A computing device for human machine interaction, the computing device comprising:

• an external view manager to (i) receive image data from one or more camera devices coupled to a vehicle and (ii) provide a plurality of camera loops, wherein each camera loop is associated with a plurality of camera views arranged in a circular ordering, wherein each camera view is based on the image data, and wherein each camera loop is further associated with a vertical viewing angle relative to the vehicle;
• a display manager to display an active camera view based an active camera view selection, wherein the active camera view selection is indicative of an active camera loop of the plurality of camera loops and the active camera view, wherein the active camera view is selected from the plurality of camera views associated with the active camera loop;
• a user interface manager to receive a gestural input from a user of the computing device;
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• an external view controller to update the active camera view selection based on the gestural input, wherein to update the active camera view selection comprises to:
• (i) determine whether a selected direction of the gestural input comprises a vertical direction or a horizontal direction, (ii) select the active camera loop from the plurality of camera loops in response to a determination that the selected direction of the gestural input comprises the vertical direction, and (iii) select the active camera view from the plurality of camera views associated with the active camera loop in response to a determination that the selected direction of the gestural input comprises the horizontal direction.