Future of UI (USER INTERFACE)

PERCEPTUAL COMPUTING AND THE FUTURE OF UI:

The availability of touch devices and simple communication protocols are shifting the way we interact with our computing devices. At the same time, the introduction of faster hardware running at the lower power levels is improving and easing the interface hurdles of moder computing tasks. Perceptual computing the next wave of technology is about to hit ,bringing with it the promise of very engaging computing experiences. The Intel perceptual computing Software Development Kit (SDK) and Intel's work with Nuance and other companies are helping to turn his promise into a reality.

                    Reaching beyond the use of a Touch enabled screen , mouse ,and keyboard , perceptual computing steps into sensory world of voice commands , gestures control , and facial recognition where , for example , computers can understand our voices not only from a set of specific commands but also through our tone and phraseology. It also mean 3D-object recognition and hand and finger tracking at close range. The technologies that enables such interpretation will transform the human computer interaction.

ENGINEERING CHALLENGES FOR A NEW WORLD

Today , most users communicate with their computers using the familier keyboards and mouse, which offers a direct and recognizable collection of input for computers and present simple data points for the software enviroment to evolute . When a user presses a key or clicks a mouse button , little about those actions can be misconstred or misinterpreted. However , these actions limit users to a single interface.

                      Developers are now working to make computer as cognitive about their sourrounding as we are so they can process much of the information around them and rrive at logical conclusion based on a user's intent.

MULTI-MODAL INTERACTION AND THE FUTURE OF PERCEPTUAL COMPUTING

The modalities of voice , facial recognition , and gesture are important . But the true Power and potential for perceptual computing reside in the ability to combine these interfaces and sensors ,and to increse the amount of data accessible to the computer and to increase the amount f information the computer can recive at one time .