[TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

[James Ramsay]

Traveller at dhimaging.com.au wrote:
> Surface looks like very interesting technology.  I imagine a generation or
> two down the road, almost every plastic or glass 'surface' will be
> "Surface"-ready.  Imagine walking onto a computer lab, plugging your PDA
> into a docking station, and the very walls light up.  You slip on the
> Control Rings, and you start grabbing air as you sort through databases and
> photo libraries, working on your History report that's due tomorrow...

And your arms get tired after ten minutes. I find people who expect 
modern white collar workers to do gross motor movements all day, to be 
absolutely hilarious. Same with Ton Cruise's computer from _Minority 
Report_, and _Lawn Mower Man_ versions of virtual reality. Not practical 
for anything but presentations and looking cool in movies.

Really, why would I want to make working on a computer harder? There is 
nothing I can't do with a keyboard, a mouse, and a big display. The only 
input device that will change computing will be neural interfaces.


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