The Future of Computer UI?

Someone just pointed me to a very cool demo of what looks like the future of touchscreen interaction. Make sure you watch the video.

Since refining the FTIR (frustrated total internal reflection) sensing technique, we’ve been experimenting with a wide variety of application scenarios and interaction modalities that utilize multi-touch input information. These go far beyond the “poking’ actions you get with a typical touchscreen, or the gross gesturing found in video-based interactive interfaces.

It reminds me a lot of the 3D interfaces Tom Cruise’s character used in Minority Report (an excellent movie, BTW). The screen is a 36″ x 27″ drafting table. I would love for my computer setup at home to be like this. The only downside is it’s harder to keep the screen clean.

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