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WOF: Will touch replace keyboards and mice?
Industry leaders including Microsoft and Apple believe touch will play a pivotal role in the way we interact with tomorrow's computing devices -- and it already does. Touchscreens exist in seemingly every electronics segment, including cell phones, notebooks, and even printers. Touch is available on consumer desktops, but it's still a niche market. Will that change? Are touchscreens only practical on slate devices or will the technology oust keyboards and mice to become the primary mode of interacting with PCs? Discuss.
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Lokalaskurar said:
I can see a potential replacement for traditional mice in business environments, simply because of the resources (big money) and ergonomical advantages.
Although much consideration must be taken when it comes to gaming... otherwhise we might just get another wiimote on our hands... with frustrated gamers who instead of throwing their wiimotes on the screen, decides to punch it oldskool. Nasty.
Ordinary keyboards might get a significant upgrade before 2019. A great question that arises would be if traditional CAD-designers want to give up the mouse's precision and go for their fingertips. If so, then hopefully nimble ones.
New generations will be more likely to adapt to a wide use of touch technology, but as with almost all technologies, some will be quite frustrated over the lack of buttons...
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Give up my mouse and keyboard? Hell no... Touch is inferior on so many levels for gaming. It might eventually get around to replacing keyboards if they get some kind of material that depresses and provides feedback for button pushes, but as it stands now, that's a really long way off.
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Video's depiction of the importance of the devices&design is a disgusting illusion. The user in video appeared to gain no extra efficiency/value from the usage of these devices... However, I consider the mobile phone vision interesting.
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Rather than replace devices that already exist, I'd personally would like to see OLED and touch technology integrated into glass and plastics, such as a car windshields, motorcycle helmets, or even glasses. The idea of having a real heads up display that can be dynamically positioned/controlled/changed is very appealing to me, and likely many others.
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