Introduction
In the stone age of the modern computer, the command line was all we could ask for in the user interface that ran daily programs. Then, closer to medieval computational came Windows 3.1 and other operating systems and showed the world the face of all operations aesthetic that made computers. From then on things have evolved and today we are naked, unless you're a programmer, to an application without any visual indication on their operations. And so as we look at the present and repudiate user interface changes in Windows, Ubuntu, YouTube and Gmail, also think about the future and imagine, thanks to the movies and games, different methods exist that are near. Here are some of the stars of the new generation of user interfaces we were remembering and list it for you.
Flexible OLED Displays
Are still very rare, but the devices of the near future will be equipped with OLED Pantas flexible, responsive and will lose the current rigidity of the screens on smartphones and tablets. As you know, the OLED is an organic semiconductor that can project light even when being stretched or bent. The user interface will be one of a kind, because if you want to zoom'll just have to bend a little screen or if you want to increase the volume of the music you'll just have to bend a little tip of the screen. Interaction improvements will be seen, because currently the touch technology is making many technical efforts to win the hearts of those who have a devotion to the security that the analogue.
Voice User Interface (VUI)
The revolutionary event of activation of computers and electronic devices through the voice was extraordinary in the early days of his "discovery", and for those who do not remember you leave a link to video of Chris Schmandt MIT, filmed in 1979. After detecting voice began to improve and today works so well, that we are to see in action in the translation from language to language in real time. In this act we also saw the promise Siri regarding user interface via voice, but can not say it was a success in terms of technological capabilities, but optimally meets what is demanded. For now, the problem persists for this method becomes the main part of an operating system is the correct detection of voice, but we are far away from anything to achieve an efficiency of above 70%.
Interfaces gestures
A decade behind us a call science fiction movie Minority Report portrayed a future in which interactions occur mainly systems using gestures. To do so, the consequences communicate intentions computer, is wearing a pair of gloves with which the protagonist, Tom Cruise, too fast conducting search operations, data collection and analysis. Moving his hands looking videos, images and text files, but overall it was what he did to control your entire system. Models exist today as this and to present Neoteo prototypes, where the incorporation of the classical Z axis X and Y become 3D motion system. Also there Move, Kinect and Wii, which somehow are ways to control the computer and consoles through natural movements, and with the addition of touch screens, the feeling Minority Report is a constant. According to studies, a system similar to that used in the movie named will be available to the market within 5 years.
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Many of them know that much has been said about them. Present in every invention of science where a human head becomes the guinea pig, the EEG revolutionized the way we get information from the brain, but also served as a platform to communicate and make the brain frequency and neural signals in certain activities or actions. Every thought has its own brain wave, and each wave brain can be mapped to trigger actions, so Tan Le, co-founder and president of Emotiv Lifescience, I neuroheadset EPOC, which lets you run commands on a computer at the thought of them. It lacks several years of development to be effective, but the video below will show that we are close.
Augmented Reality
If one were to place bets, probably we would play for augmented reality, which is currently showing who and who is prepared to serve as a fully functional user interface (see Wikitude and Drodishooting) and can provide much help in several genres of activities and uses . Google Project Glass and showed what we can do with them, and it was not a campaign about how powerful they are the engineers of the company with the CG, but it is a serious project and running. The screens and keyboards projected onto walls or furniture also enroll in augmented reality, and that we have already seen with different devices. Interacting with the real world in real time to fulfill a dream, and the good thing is that thanks to advances in the connections and glasses, augmented reality is closer than ever.
User Interfaces for your clothes
Maybe a little tricky because almost any computer can "wear", but this type of user interfaces refer to those computers or electronic devices that you can carry in your clothes or integrated jewelery, not on them. From jackets and pants that help you stay warm thanks to nanosensors modifiable according to the wishes of those who put them up smart watches, which are emerging gradually progressive. Sony has already launched an Android SmartWatch earlier this year that can be paired with your Android phone via Bluetooth. Provides notification of new emails and deTwitter. As with all smart phones, you can download applications at Sony SmartWatch. The idea of these computers "wearable" is that you can keep your hands free and managing operations otherwise.
Tangible User Interface (TUI)
PixelSense of Microsoft was one of the pioneers of this technology demonstrations that gained few followers in digital music and digital art conventions. This is an interface that combines the physical with the digital realm to allow full recognition of real world objects. But do you single? The interface of a computer recognizing objects that are placed on the screen, indicating increasing them some data or information about them in detail. In the future it would use to measure directly objects of all kinds and have an accurate measurement of size, weight, mass, density and even composition. Microsoft Surface, the project modernized catches light of physical objects through their reflection with infrared cameras. Then the system reacts to the disposition of the objects on the screen. Advanced versions of this technology may incorporate sensors instead of cameras to detect objects. Also, the system could be programmed to detect only specific sizes and weights, also to integrate via a label system. Imagine all uses
Those are some of the participants of a new generation of user interfaces that the near future we could give for us to use computers in a way never before experienced. The bet is made because the projects are up and evolve, waiting to test us with new and intuitive ways to experience inmersivamente to computation. So if your grandmother or mother still not adapted to the mouse, let them know that they may not even have to get used to. The new generation of user interfaces is only a few steps. Do you know any other? Can you think of another besides these? What news do you have on it? Share, comment, debate.
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