3/19/2006

Multi-Touch Interaction Research : The future replacement for the "mouse and keyboard"

We've seen the concepts in movies. No keyboard and mouse, just a screen, using either a glove or touching the screen and moving windows around, expanding or minimizing an image by hand gesture, bringing up a virtual keyboard, waving it away when not in use.

Multi-touch Interaction is the future. And it is here already. Computer scientist Jeff Han and his team have designed and created a 36 by 27 inch flat display that knows and responds to 10 fingers or more, creating a "graphical interaction surface". And you can do with it what is described in the above intro. See for yourself.

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