Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop-research

From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-desktop-research@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] thesis - support - question - ideas ...
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 06:13:44
Message-Id: 4642B7CD.5090707@cesmail.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] thesis - support - question - ideas ... by "b.n."
1 b.n. wrote:
2 > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky ha scritto:
3 >>>> That said, the sort of UI that I think of as the "UI of the future"
4 >>>> would be a full virtual reality environment with which one could do
5 >>>> "whole-body interaction" with a computer. How about an exercise
6 >>>> bicycle with a keyboard and mouse on the handlebars? A wall-sized
7 >>>> keyboard one could punch with boxing gloves? Drag-and-drop with
8 >>>> objects that actually weigh something?
9 >>>
10 >>> I hope you're kidding... :)
11 >> Not really ... the alternative would be a wireless wearable that you
12 >> could carry around with you and use while taking long hikes in the
13 >> woods.
14 >
15 > Do you think the aim of an UI is to increase muscular mass!?
16 >
17 > m.
18 >
19 No ... there are times when I want to punch out a machine, and I would
20 dearly love a wall-mounted keyboard with large keys I could operate with
21 boxing gloves.
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