The advantages of a multi-touch interface between a computing device and a human is pretty obvious nowadays, at least to anybody who owns an iPhone. But even before that, just watch an episode of Star Trek - The Next Generation and you'll figure out the only way that Data was able to use the bridge computers so quickly was that he was using a multi-touch interface. So the concept has been around for quite some time. It has merely taken some time for the engineering to catch up with science fiction. Now that we have affordable technology to make this happen, it's time to take it to the next level. That's exactly what is behind the concept outlined by Robert Clayton Miller at 10GUI.
Take a stroll over to his website and watch the little video demo he has put together. He has come up with a very compelling concept. Of course, it will take a ton more than some slick graphics and animation to turn this into reality. But this idea, presented in a very compelling way, may be a concept whose time has come. Now all we need is a company to build the thing [details, details!].
What do you think? Are we at the dawn of a renaissance of human-computer interaction based upon touch? Let me know!
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