Name: Pointing to the future of UI
Uploaded: 2010-06-01T08:40:00Z
Duration: 15 min 5 s
Description: Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak -- the real-life version of the film's eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this how tomorrow's computers will be controlled?

Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak -- the real-life version of the film's eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this how tomorrow's computers will be controlled?

Pointing to the future of UI

The next leap in human-computer interaction moves beyond mouse and keyboard to immersive, spatial operating systems. Drawing inspiration from cinematic visions like 'Minority Report,' these new interfaces let people manipulate digital data as naturally as real-world objects, using their hands in three-dimensional space. Demonstrations included architects moving digital buildings by hand and logistics mapped across the US in real time. As technology advances, design and agency must go hand in hand to ensure machines help people create, collaborate, and explore with greater freedom.