What I learned from this experience is tablets and smartphones have changed the way we interact with technology. My 71 year-old father-in-law found it intuitive to pinch a picture on a screen to change the size. This method worked on his iPhone so it should work on a computer too. Right?
The New Media Consortium (NMC) published their 2012 New Horizon Report back in February. You can find a copy on the NMC Wiki. The report discusses gesture-based technology (like pinching a screen) and how it's enabling students to learn by doing. What a great concept! One of the cool technologies talked about in the report:
Zero Touch
go.nmc.org/xpsge
Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a multi-touch system from infrared sensors that allows precision free-air interaction. Users reach into a frame lined with sensors, and can use their hands, elbows, arms, head, or any object, such as a pen, to create compositions on their computer screens.
Here's a picture of a young girl using the Zero Touch (from the Interface Ecology Facebook page).
I think gesture-based technology has already changed the way we interact with computers and the days of mice and keyboards may be numbered!
Forces:
Technological - advances in touch screen technology are changing the way we interact with computers. The iPad and iPhone in particular have made swiping and pinching of screens a common practice.
Global - smart phones, tablets and other devices that use touch screens are used across the globe. The days of localized keyboards may be numbered.
go.nmc.org/xpsge
Researchers at Texas A&M University have developed a multi-touch system from infrared sensors that allows precision free-air interaction. Users reach into a frame lined with sensors, and can use their hands, elbows, arms, head, or any object, such as a pen, to create compositions on their computer screens.
Here's a picture of a young girl using the Zero Touch (from the Interface Ecology Facebook page).
I think gesture-based technology has already changed the way we interact with computers and the days of mice and keyboards may be numbered!
Forces:
Technological - advances in touch screen technology are changing the way we interact with computers. The iPad and iPhone in particular have made swiping and pinching of screens a common practice.
Global - smart phones, tablets and other devices that use touch screens are used across the globe. The days of localized keyboards may be numbered.
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