Next Generation Human-Computer Interface

The Visual Information Access Room (VIAR) in Australia wants to revolutionize the Human-Computer Interaction.

“Presently, we access information services using a mouse, a keyboard, and a screen. In the future, we will access information through the everyday objects around us.” (Professor Peter Eades)

At the launch of the lab, the researchers demoed a traffic management system where operators can use voice and gestures to display maps and live camera feeds. That sounds like a scene of “Minority Report”.