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Typing (Minority) Reports.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.", Arthur C. Clarke.
A few months ago I tried one of the new virtual keyboards.
The magic-feeling thing about it, I remember, was that you could actually type in mid-air, as the touch-sensitive plane is active whether there's a solid surface underneath it or not.
I also remember commenting that a 3D projection, instead of a 2D one, would have made Minority Report feel like a book from Jules Verne in the shortest time.
Silly me.
The NY Times just published "A Business Out of Thin Air", an article on holographic keyboards (might require registration).
If you care to know more: Holotouch.
The future is upon us and we barely even notice.
I like the idea of this but wonder whether there is truely a better interface to use to get information / data into a computer (assume any device with electronics inside it). A virtual keyboard while fantastic does lack the imagination of what we saw in Minority Report. It doesn't seem as advance as some of the research I've seen from Xerox-Parc a while ago either (couldn't find the reaerch I was looking for a the link).
Now a truely revolutionary input device that would be magic...
Posted by Paul Goodison at August 8, 2003 09:26 AM | TrackBack