Ken HinckleyAndy Wilson

Microsoft ResearchMicrosoft Research

Saul Greenberg Univ. of Calgary

Andries van Dam Brown University

Patrick Baudisch Hasso-Plattner Inst.Pottsdam University

• Handhelds• Slates• Drafting Boards• Tabletops• Wall Displays

• Touch, or Pen.

DIRECT INPUT A SHIFT TO

PAPER NOTEBOOK OBSERVATIONS

B1: Tuck the pen, interleave stylus and fingers

B2: Hold Clippings while Writing

B3: Specific Roles for Pen and Fingers

B4: Two-handed actions

• Video– Widespread coverage– 200,000 views– search on “deskterity”

What is the logic of the division of labor

between pen and touch in interface design?

IF YOU’RE ONLY THINKING ABOUT TOUCH, YOU’RE BLOWING IT.

• Accelerometer• Proximity• Contact Sensitive Casing

• Automatic Screen Rotation, Pick up to Turn On, Hold like Phone to Talk, etc.

UIST 2000 Best Paper Award

SENSING POCKET PC

What is the logic of the division of labor between

contact sensing, tilt, and proximityin interface design?

FLAT ON DESK

HELD IN HAND

Which “touch” is an intentional touch?

When is a “touch” not a touch at all?

Can we answer this if we are only thinking about touch?

POSTURE IS IMPORTANT!

YOUR MOTHERWAS RIGHT-

EXPERIENCES TO STAND OUT…

IF WE WANT OUR

NOW WHAT?

If Metro is the visual design language for the Microsoft experience,

then what is the design language for

input & interaction?

Intro

What question is Intro the answer to?

What is the logic of the division of labor

between touch, pen, proximity,

motion and postural sensing, and a diverse ecology of

devices and form factors?

Let’s aspire to an alternate future.