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2012 interfaces slow on vision
Tuesday 10th January 2012
Vision interface? Courtesy:website-rehab.com
Shawn DuBravac, chief economist of Consumer Electronics Association, the annual Consumer Electronics Show organiser in Las Vegas predicts that gadgets are going to get easier to use. After years of installing new features, because they had them, consumer electronics companies are beginning to prioritise a holistic experience, rather than adding more buttons, says DuBravac, an adjunct professor at George Washington University.
Technology Review reports him (right) predicting that "2012 will be the year of the interface," representing theculmination of an "evolutionary" process.
ComputeScotland's interface design expert however notes that while voice, gesture and touch are all exploitable interfaces, the one that will be the most interesting and currently overlooked, is vision, since pads, tablets, mobiles and laptops are already camera equipped to respond.
The Magic Wand (left) made by LG shows a designer purposefully going easy on buttons, aided by the accelerometer technology that allows detection of hand gestures.
"We have this evolution not just in remotes but across a variety of products," said DuBravac. LG is rumored to be adding voice control to the Magic Wand next, technology that is only just maturing.
Some 50 ultrabooks, very lightweight, thin laptops modelled on MacBook Air are to launch with sleek looks, and starting to use voice and gesture recognition, notes DuBravac.
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