#gestural interfaces

James Patten's "The best computer interface? Maybe ... your hands" talk #tangibleinterfaces #ux #ui @jamesmpatten

The computer is an incredibly powerful means of creative expression,” says designer and TED Fellow James Patten. But right now, we interact with computers, mainly, by typing and tapping. In this nifty talk and demo, Patten imagines a more visceral, physical way to bring your thoughts and ideas to life in the digital world, taking the computer interface off the screen and putting it into your…

Capacitive touch, which allows more than one finger at once to be recognised, is regularly cited as one of the key drivers of smartphone popularity. BBC’s Spencer Kellydiscovers that 2014 could the year when touchscreens are launched which react in three…

Maps zooming on your iPhone

Usually you have to pinch and zoom with one hand while holding your phone with the other, but not with Google maps and its  zooming gesture that only requires one hand and one finger. 

Here’s how it works:

"With the miniaturization of computing devices that fit inside our pockets, we are always connected to the digital world. However, there is no link between our interaction with these digital devices and interaction with the physical world. 'WUW' bridges this gap by augmenting the physical world around us with digital information and proposing natural hand gestures as the mechanism to interact with that information. 'WUW' brings the intangible information out into the tangible world. By using a camera and a tiny projector mounted on a hat or coupled in a pendant like device, 'WUW' sees what you see and visually augments any surfaces or objects you are interacting with. 'WUW' projects information to any surface, walls, and the objects around us, and to interact with the information through natural hand gestures, arm movements, or with the object itself.  'WUW' is like having the entire world as your computer."