Com o lançamento do iPhone já se distanciando, e o hype passando um pouco, acho que cabe falar sobre TouchScreen e outros dispositivos que nos permitem trabalhar com os dedos na tela.
E pra fechar, algo que não é bem um touchscreen, mas não deixa de ser extremamente interessante…
O nome correto provavelmente é tabletop tangible user interface.
“The reactable, is a multi-user electronic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous performers share complete control over the instrument by moving physical objects on a luminous table surface. By moving and relating these objects, representing components of a classic modular synthesizer, users can create complex and dynamic sonic topologies, with generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.”
Mas, sinceramente, é melhor mostrar vídeos do que descrever:
New Apple Patent Applications – User interface for Apple Tablet.
Gestures for touch sensitive input devices- looks very much like a GUI for a tablet with a touch sensitive screen. Clearly, there are lots of example of prior art but Apple has put a lot of thought into this and hopefully it is a glimpse of a future product.
JazzMutant’s Lemur is an innovative input device to control computer real-time applications.
It combines a distinctive industrial design, a brilliant modular graphic interface concept, and a unique and patented touchscreen technology that can track multiple fingers simultaneously.