[Sigia-l] When will you buy one?

[Will Parker]

On May 31, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Russell E. Unger wrote:

> I'd like to know who would use this type of surface to perform  
> detailed
> actions for an extended period of time, first and foremost.

The interactions in the current crop of Surface demos are all  
entertainment-oriented and short-duration, involving only 'direct'  
manipulation of virtual objects. A sophisticated version of playing  
with blocks, which nobody is going to do all day.

Look at Jeff Han's demos of more robust virtual tools and controls at  
PerceptivePixel.com (video at http://link.brightcove.com/services/ 
link/bcpid713271701/bclid713073346/bctid709364416), and you start to  
get the idea that the _devoted_ audience is going to be people who  
have to do a lot of fast, accurate visual analysis and/or remote  
collaborative decision-making regarding visual materials.

When someone applies this technology to a traditional slanted  
drafting table is when I start thinking of multi-touch systems as  
being out of beta.

- Will

Will Parker
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