The Future of User Interfaces is Brainwaves
Linked by Eugenia Loli on Mon 10th Oct 2011 19:55 UTC
Graphics, User Interfaces Within the last few days we read the news about Apple's Siri AI personal assistant, and about a brain implant that lets monkeys control virtual limps & feel virtual objects. I believe that if someone is to also combine a few more technologies (e.g. high-res eyeware, appropriate operating system changes), we will be looking at the next user interface revolution, after the inventions of the computer mouse and touch interfaces.
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RE: Already there
by viton on Tue 11th Oct 2011 00:24 UTC in reply to "Already there"
viton
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2005-08-09

using my brain to control the digits on my hands to strike keys on a keyboard.

Well, it is nice if you have 2 hands. But some persons are not that lucky.

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RE[2]: Already there
by No it isnt on Tue 11th Oct 2011 08:38 in reply to "RE: Already there"
No it isnt Member since:
2005-11-14

An excellent point. Brainwave control has its place, but it's a prosthesis. Physically healthy humans are just too well adapted for direct interaction with a spacial world for it to make sense, IMO.

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RE[2]: Already there
by Doc Pain on Tue 11th Oct 2011 17:37 in reply to "RE: Already there"
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2006-10-08

Well, it is nice if you have 2 hands. But some persons are not that lucky.


Fully agree. Something similar can be said about people having non-neurotypical brainwaves - or just not the required set of two 100% working eyes to participate in 3D hype. :-)

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RE[3]: Already there
by Neolander on Tue 11th Oct 2011 18:55 in reply to "RE[2]: Already there"
Neolander Member since:
2010-03-08

Fully agree. Something similar can be said about people having non-neurotypical brainwaves - or just not the required set of two 100% working eyes to participate in 3D hype. :-)

And even when you have the eyes... I have two 100% working eyes, but it was not the case when I was younger, so my brain worked things out in an unusual fashion and my perception of relief is not based on binocular vision, but rather on other things like shadows, perspective and parallax effects.

For me, the main difference between 3D cinema and 2D cinema is that the first one is more expensive and requires you to wear stupid glasses. So in my perception of things, this 3D hype is truly based on thin air ;)

Edited 2011-10-11 18:57 UTC

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