2012 URISA Track, Alternative Interfaces - Why?, Brady Hustad

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Alternative Interfaces – Why?

Saturday, September 15, 2012

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Objective:

Explore new and interesting ways to

interface with the tools that

empower your organizations to

succeed and grow.

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Agenda A History Lesson

On Users

On Interfaces

The Senses

Apply It

Changes

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History!

©2012 Idea. All rights reserved 5 In the beginning…

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…

there were

punch cards flickr: Marcin Wichery

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flickr: Dominic’s Pics

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1984!

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Now

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Users Traditional

New

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Traditional Lo-Fi

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Workstation/Ops Center

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Field

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New

Mobile

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Distributed Groups

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Decision

Makers

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Sense = UI Sight

Sound

Touch

Taste

Smell

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Sight

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We all hear

about…

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We all want…

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The computer can watch as well.

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Sound

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Siri

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How many words

do you have?

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Touch

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Touch Screens

Everyone Has One… almost

Phones

Tablets

Computers

flickr: Miss Treats

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Where

has touch

gone?

Where can touch

go?

- Alert Systems

- Sightless

Communication

- ???

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Taste

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Hiroo Iwata – Food Simulator 2004

Bite Force

Simulation

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Opinion?

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Smell

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Scent Dome!

manufactured by TrySenx

inc.

first serious attempt to

create a smell peripheral.

First launched in early

2004, and still with us today

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Purpose? • Games

• Virtual Reality

• Business?

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New Interfaces Mobile

Motion

Sound

Surfaces

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Mobile Interfaces One Answer Systems –

Data Gathering –

Dashboards –

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Motion Interfaces View Manipulation –

Op Center Work –

2nd Monitor –

Meetings –

Hallways –

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Sound Interfaces - Screen Free Interfaces

- Remote Conferencing

- 2nd Monitor Control

- Data Gathering

- Shortcut

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Surface Interfaces Data Organization –

Multi-tool Analysis –

Collaboration –

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DEMO

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Future

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Brain Computer Interface (BCI)

Clean

and

Simple?

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Unfortunately

Looks like this…

flickr: Ars Electronica

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But is starting to

do this!

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Road Ahead?

Changes…

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Thank you!

Brady Hustad

GIS Practice Executive

brady.hustad@idea.com