Microsoft – Productivity Future Vision

Dan Saffer last year coined the term “tap is the new click” at one of his keynotes. It seems that Dan could be right, we’re heading towards more and more “gestural interfaces” where users can interact with an interface by using hand gestures. Apple’s iPhone and lesser known projects as the Attigo TT and Jeff Han’s groundbreaking touch screen prototype are pushing the envelope.

Microsoft, the 800 pound gorilla, is also embracing this movement and recently developed Microsoft Surface a touch screen product that gives “access to digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects”. What is also impressive is the video they released called “Productivity Future Vision” that portrays a not-so-distant future where touch screen artifacts are surrounding us from newspapers, to coffee mugs and tables. Some of these will probably not be realized, but it’s definitely food for thought. Tap is becoming the new click.