Evolving Computer Interfaces

Twenty years ago, text-based computers limited our interactions to entering and reading strings of characters. Today, we can’t imagine life without a mouse, a touch pad, and a high-resolution graphical user interface (GUI). Soon, haptics, brain-wave interpreters, 3-D displays, surface computing, and gesture-based interfaces will join with other concepts that have not even been identified yet to change how we interact with the evolving digital world. How will these interfaces change the digital environment and how will they change us? What will this mean for you as a ma.....