Communicating using speech recognition may seam
the logical answer, though even when perfected it will have limitations. ‘
Simple tasks would be speeded up, for instance, if the message was short or
required immediate response or the user needed their hands free for other
tasks’. The more complex tasks, such as those used in graphics programs, will
still require the user to physically interact with the computer.
(Extracts from Paul Booths book), An Introduction
to Human-Computer Interaction 1990 LEA ltd. Publisher
This
is the start of a new horizon in evolution, no longer do we talk commands, we
think them.
Physical
interaction will play a key role in the future of communication with computers.
This has already been proved in the realm of V.R, yet to truly communicate we
must be able to let the computer, ‘see’ what we are thinking. Just as the computer
uses images to communicate, so will we. Future technologies will use control
systems that are brain activated.
One recently conducted experiment consisted of a round table on which sat ten
solar-powered robots. Two users sat on opposite sides of the table, strapped
into headbands that record their brain waves. In front of each user was a small
monitor, which displayed a readout of their own, and there partner’s, brainwave
patterns. The computer compared both readouts and according to the results brightened
or dimmed a bank of lamps above the table, thus affecting the behavior of the
solar robots. The robots would move when the two brain patterns match.