What is the future wireless in my dream?
I think I need to use three angles (user interface, wireless connectivity, actual volume of the device) to describe it.
Let’s talk about user interface. Today I noticed a YouTube video from Nokia research center and I think that is the idea user interface I’d like to have. Basically, the user interface includes input and out.
In that video, it has three kinds of output (We also can call it “display”.). The first type of output is on the device. The second one is on the window glass. And the third one is on an eyeware. This video did not say too much about how to get the message on the window glass. I think it is doable by today’s technology. You only need a Bluetooth (even can use WirelessHD) and touch screen equipped transparent OLED window. About the third one - Gaze-tracking eyeware, it is also not an arabian nights. Eye Controlled Focus is already used on some Canon cameras few years ago. Those three types of output are a wonderful combination. Why? If you need privacy, you can use eyewear. If not, imagine you can use any size of glass (equipped with those technologies I mentioned before) to be your display. And your device is the last thing you can always relied on. How cool it is.
Now let’s move to input. Again, there are two kinds of input in that video. The first type of input is on the device and the window glass. Personally, I think iPhone has the best input (multi-touch) I have ever seen and I think that is good enough. The second type of input is the wrist device. In the video, Nokia called it Haptic wrist device. I will say it is a Bluetooth enabled high accuracy accelerometer. With well selected movement patterns, it definitely can be another good and useful input type. Wii MotionPlus is a good example and lots of people used it.