From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hm1uJ-0004xH-PL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 10 May 2007 06:13:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4A6CWHM014051; Thu, 10 May 2007 06:12:32 GMT Received: from sccrmhc14.comcast.net (sccrmhc14.comcast.net [63.240.77.84]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4A6CV1q014045 for ; Thu, 10 May 2007 06:12:31 GMT Received: from [71.237.219.233] (unknown[71.237.219.233]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc14) with ESMTP id <200705100612300140023jsee>; Thu, 10 May 2007 06:12:30 +0000 Message-ID: <4642B7CD.5090707@cesmail.net> Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 23:12:29 -0700 From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070221 SeaMonkey/1.1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-desktop-research@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop-research] thesis - support - question - ideas ... References: <200705032331.34170.neugschwentner@comteam.at> <9999810b0705040419g7b0f05cagba57cdcac9a2122b@mail.gmail.com> <463CDA6D.1080806@cesmail.net> <463DCE50.50003@gmail.com> <463E41DB.1030400@cesmail.net> <4640E97A.80401@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4640E97A.80401@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: f72febdd-d727-4755-a723-3ba616505a9f X-Archives-Hash: 0d7d96e43f9859519f599e825338ff80 b.n. wrote: > M. Edward (Ed) Borasky ha scritto: >>>> That said, the sort of UI that I think of as the "UI of the future" >>>> would be a full virtual reality environment with which one could do >>>> "whole-body interaction" with a computer. How about an exercise >>>> bicycle with a keyboard and mouse on the handlebars? A wall-sized >>>> keyboard one could punch with boxing gloves? Drag-and-drop with >>>> objects that actually weigh something? >>> >>> I hope you're kidding... :) >> Not really ... the alternative would be a wireless wearable that you >> could carry around with you and use while taking long hikes in the >> woods. > > Do you think the aim of an UI is to increase muscular mass!? > > m. > No ... there are times when I want to punch out a machine, and I would dearly love a wall-mounted keyboard with large keys I could operate with boxing gloves. -- gentoo-desktop-research@gentoo.org mailing list