Monday, August 6, 2007

Futuristic multitouch interface

Take a look at this video

Whats your opinion of touchscreen displays? Is it the way of the future? (or, will the next Apple computer come with just a screen and nothing else?)

I for one am imagining a PGMT SIG UI review with all of us jabbing our fingers on the screen...

3 comments:

Sunil Shinde said...

amazing. Very similar to Microsoft Surface. I saw surface demo in WWPC in Denver. The booth was perpetually crowded and the demos were awesome.

Me things, this type of a usage is either
(1) Very casual : Kioskish
or
(2) For a very vertical application like image processing, editing etc.

I wonder if this is a great cure for spondilitis and carpal tunnel.

Is this where corporate meets WII and wordprocessing is the major source of exercise?

Sowmya said...

@Sunil:Good one

I think this does need another input device - a pen. Which means handwriting recognition needs to get more advanced than where it is today. Maybe we can all help by eradicating cursive writing from this planet :o)

Sunil Shinde said...

They have actually done one better.. You can use your finger to write ...