[Sigia-l] platforms where digital solutions exist

[Lee Hsieh]

What i find interesting is that many of the devices listed may be rendered obsolete in the near future(2-5yrs).  I've been playing around w/Logitechs new air mouse and the precision is just amazing.  Unlike similar products, there is no need to point the device at the screen nor orient it a certain way. I can point the mouse out the window or whatever is most comfortable position and it still tracks flawlessly.  Now if this 'air tracking' technology could be combined with multi-touch UIs(eg, iPhone), we will be much closer the scenario we saw in that futuristic Tom Cruise movie w/out the need to precisely maneuver physical objects.

So in the end, picture  yourself standing 6-8 feet away from a flat panel disply where you could simply resize, open/close, move objects with simple, intuitive hand gestures.

Lee

sigia-l-request at asis.org wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Reiss [mailto:elr at e-reiss.com] 
> Sent: Monday, 13 August 2007 2:36 PM
> To: Juan Ruiz; sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] platforms where digital solutions exist
> 
> Rather than look at the myriad of platforms for digital solutions
> (F-16s, medical devices, websites, etc.) we've started to map
> physical features in a matrix:
> 
> Inputs:
> Finger
> Stylus
> Keyboard
> Joystick
> Voice
> Other
> 
> Outputs:
> Large screen
> Small screen
> LCD readout 
> Earphones
> Paper
> Other/none
> 
> Cheers,
> Eric Reiss
> FatDUX Copenhagen
> www.fatdux.com