{"id":1048,"date":"2010-03-15T14:46:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T21:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/no-touching-truly-invisible-interfaces\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T13:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T20:35:01","slug":"no-touching-truly-invisible-interfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/no-touching-truly-invisible-interfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"No Touching! Truly Invisible Interfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday, March 15, 2010<br>Presenters:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonlid.com\/\">Ron Goldin<\/a> &#8211; Lunar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Description:<br>Our devices know which way we&#8217;re moving and how dark it is outside. They look us in the face with cameras while we&#8217;re tweeting away. They sometimes even understand when we talk back to them. Learn about success stories and untapped potential in physical interactivity that doesn&#8217;t involve touching anything at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designing for touch: People and Context Come First.<br>The technology is here. Sort of.<br>We change with technology, eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keyboard:<\/strong><br>Once we get used to an interface, we get faster at it (shortcuts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mouse:<\/strong><br>Mouse made it easy to interact with things on the screen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Devices:<br><\/strong>Getting rid of the physical metaphor completely (iphone, pre, droid) touch screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Games:<br><\/strong>Nintendo Wii &#8211; interaction around the entire room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"240\" style=\"margin: 5px; float: right\" width=\"320\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/notouching_trulyinvisibleinterfaces.jpg\"><strong>Soft Remote:<br><\/strong>Twist, squeeze, pull the balls to interact with things. Everyone in the room would have a different remote\/color to interact in a social way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>B+O Touchless remote<br><\/strong>You don&#8217;t have to physically touch the remote to interact with it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2008\/03\/28\/video-touchless-bando-remote-control-prototype\/\">Video from Engaget<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TouchTunes (Airduino)<br><\/strong>Air guitar device that involves glove-like device to play guitar through the air. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructables.com\/id\/How-to-build-an-Air-Guitar-with-Arduino-aka-the-A\/\">Make one yourself<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Playstation 3 Eye<br><\/strong>The entire living room is turned into an interface. New Playstation Move similar to the Wii Remote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Touchless picks up the subtleties of the human body &#8211; physical targets help to sort out the noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sony Ericcson Yari<br><\/strong>Control the phone with the camera and play games (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=18uWddQZYbg\">iboxing<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Medical Devices<br><\/strong>Gestics uses gesture interfaces to compliment the surgical procedure. You can use your free hand to view things closer\/rotate on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Discoverability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Responsiveness <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appropriateness (does it make me feel silly?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical Feedback (i can&#8217;t feel the actual interface)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>State of Voice<br><\/strong>Goog-411 good response<br>Google Voice has some issues.<br>Cars can listen soon, ask about places and get directions. It gets smarter with the sub-grammar is has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CereBroc is able to make a voice sound correct and not like a robot when a device talks back <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Successes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nike Plus &#8211; running to compete against your friend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Middle school kids are given step sensors, and you compete with other schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FasTrak &#8211; toll payment (RFID)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MetroCard &#8211; deduct payment from card for subway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Citibank fab swipe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BART trials for cell phone deduction to ride train<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location Based:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4Square &#8211; Please Rob me shows when people say they&#8217;re out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wearable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Skiing &#8211; don&#8217;t want to take off your gloves to change track on iPod.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add sensors to clothing for doing these types of things<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phillips has headphones that rotate to change or interact with tracks etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What about adding voice controls into clothing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CuteCircuit has added sensors into clothing to vibrate your arm when you get a call.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cycling safety &#8211; add turn signals to the back of clothing, controlled by the standard hand signals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Augmented Reality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ferrari uses this technology to mimic what a wheel can look like on a car.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lego &#8211; hold up a box and show in front of display to see the actual built model (rotate move around)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SixthSense &#8211; wearable computer with projector to show data on any surface &#8211; interact with hands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, March 15, 2010Presenters:Ron Goldin &#8211; Lunar Description:Our devices know which way we&#8217;re moving and how dark it is outside. They look us in the face with cameras while we&#8217;re tweeting away. 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