5/2/2006
Minority Report Computer Interface Coming
Jeff Han of NYU is working on a computer interface similar to the one Tom Cruise uses in Minority Report (or Ben Affleck in Paycheck). In Minority Report, there are several scenes where he is interacting with the precrime computer with his hands in 3D space. Usually computers usage in movies is pretty cheesy to a techie, but the similarity of Jeff’s work to Minority Report and Paycheck is pretty cool.
Jeff details his research in the paper Multi-Touch Interaction Research. Take a look at the demo movie where Jeff and friends showcase the user interface system.
First there was the punch card, then the command line and now the windowed desktop. What will the next computer user interface be like?
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