I wrote about advances in user interfaces a few times (here and here). Then I wrote about Appleโs iPhone (here), which is coming out in less than a month in the US. All those posts have one thing in common โ the user interfaces in them are multi-touch and gesture-based.
The new player in this field is Microsoft, which just introduced Surface, a new multi-touch, interactive tabletop display. It interacts with available media sources and allows users to interact with it using their hands. The demo videos are, of course, amazing. One thing I thought was funny in the videos was when the handsome young man and woman sit in front of each other in a pub and then, naturally, start playing with the computer on both sides of the table.
Well, thereโs still no really good interface which is โdo what i wantโ, and perfect one โdo what i meanโ.
Right :)
Nice observation of the difference between โwantโ and โmeanโ. Iโll remember that.