Saturday, June 03, 2006

Multi-touch user interfaces

Jeff Han has taken touch senstive user interfaces to the next level:

While touch sensing is commonplace for single points of contact, multi-touch sensing enables a user to interact with a system with more than one finger at a time, as in chording and bi-manual operations. Such sensing devices are inherently also able to accommodate multiple users simultaneously, which is especially useful for larger interaction scenarios such as interactive walls and tabletops. ...

Our technique is force-sensitive, and provides unprecedented resolution and scalability, allowing us to create sophisticated multi-point widgets for applications large enough to accommodate both hands and multiple users.

Make sure to see the video on his site. This is the future of user interface.

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Jun 3, 2006 12:17:27 PM | Wireless User Interface

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