[TML] Seemingly High Tech Computer Stuff

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 6 Nov 2007 at 0:20, Michael Jenkins wrote:

> On 05/11/2007, James Ramsay <quakers_united at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Likewise for voice interface - can you imagine trying to work in a
> crowded office where everyone's talking to their computer?
> 
> Noisy.

That's a "solved" problem. Consider any call center. They have dozens 
or even hundreds of people talking *all day long*. Sound absorbing 
surfaces and headsets work just fine.




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