Le tactile et le gestuel sont enfin réunis avec HaptoMime ! Hello ! La tendance des interfaces tactiles n’est pas terminée que déjà, nous voyons pointer du bout de son nez un mélange entre les interfaces « gestuelles » (dans l’air, sans forcément avoir de support physique de contact ou d’objet) et le tactile. Yasuaki Monnai et son équipe de l’Université de Tokyo ont créé un écran virtuel que vous pouvez sentir. Appelé « HaptoMime », il utilise des surfaces réfléchissantes pour créer un affichage holographique. « C’est comme toucher un clavier en jouet » dit Monnai. « Il vous suffit de déplacer votre main libre sur l’image flottante. ». L’interface vient donc simuler le toucher. L’image flottante est suffisamment détaillée pour permettre aux utilisateurs de jouer par exemple sur un piano virtuel ou de lire facilement une police Times New Roman 6pt mais cela va se perfectionner encore en 2015. source Ces articles peuvent aussi vous intéresser:
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