February 20, 2004
NEC's P-ism concept
John Latta reports on an innovative "pen-based" approach to next generation computer interfaces recently demo'd by NEC corp.
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I've commented on this post on my blog to allow easier links in my comments, and because its an interest of mine as well.
http://interactive.usc.edu/members/bnewman/archives/001693.html
Posted by: Brad at February 21, 2004 01:28 PM
Israeli based VKB Inc.
is already marketing a virtual keyboard for $99 that works with PDA’s via USB. Their US distributor is Ibiz Inc.
http://store.yahoo.com/ibizpda/vike.html
The technologies look very similar; I’m not sure what the differences are, if any.
There are some great videos on this site of trade show demonstrations and recent TechTV press:
Note: The keyboard functions slowly and is most effective when used with single fingers using a “hunt and peck” method of typing. Sounds like even with occlusion issues, people enjoy the benefit of a full size keyboard.
Slashdot comments on the P-ism were pretty cynical.
http://slashdot.org/articles/04/02/23/1331244.shtml
One stated that Canesta required a stereoscopic view of the target area. I’m not so sure this is true from what I’ve read on Canesta’s site.
Posted by: Brad at February 23, 2004 03:35 PM
