New Interfaces Clause Samples

New Interfaces. Advances in interface technology are creating new opportunities for better assistive technologies, more accessible mainstream technologies, and entirely new concepts for controlling both. Using a projector and camera, keyboards, displays and control panels can be projected onto a table top, a wall or any other flat surface. When people touch the “buttons” in such an image, the camera tracks movements, and the buttons or keys operate as if they really existed. Alternatively, it has been demonstrated that it is possible to project an image which floats in space in front of a person and is seen only the person using glasses or goggle-based system. It is also possible to project the image directly onto the retina. A gesture recognition system can be used to operate the controls that float along the display. Motion sensors can cause the displays to move with the user's head, or stay stationary. It is also possible to project images to overlay them with what a person is seeing in reality, to create an “augmented reality.” For example, a traveller, moving in a city in a foreign country, by wearing a pair of glasses could see a translation of a street sign (in her/his native language) projected over the top of the sign. Finally, research is taking place on ultra-high resolution displays with a target of being able to display images that appear with the same fidelity as reality (virtual reality). Introducing three-dimensional viewing and displays that work in 360 degrees, researchers have a goal of eventually creating walls or environments that are indistinguishable from reality. Voice technology is developing hands-free operation and voice control. There are already hands-free telephones. New phase-array microphones have been developed that can pick up a single person’s voice and cancel out surrounding sounds, allowing communication and voice control in noisy environments. There are cameras that can self-adjust to track a user's face, allowing face-to face communication for those who cannot reach out to adjust cameras. Rudimentary speech recognition is available on a $3 chip and speech recognition within a limited topic domain is commonly used. IBM has a “superhuman speech recognition project, the goal of which is to create technology that can recognize speech better than humans can (▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇, 2002). The cost to build speech output into products has reduced to the point where speech can be provided on almost anything. Operating systems today have free speech s...