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Manipulation Interface
A computer that could understand and respond to a human speaker would go a long way to improve the interface. There are some initial efforts such as in mobile phones operating in response to a person speaking. And there are some speaking to text software for the personal computer. But these are difficult to always operate accurately.
A computer that had a true 3-dimensional interface would also help. Here you could look at information, objects and other people in a more natural way. There is millions of years of evolution for the development of two eyes for the 3-dimensional world.
Speech Interface Has Made Progess - Still a Long Way to GoThe personal computer market leader for desktop speech recognition software is Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It is designed to run on Microsoft Windows, but has also been shown to run under Linux using software emulation. This has been reviewed in Wikipedia:NaturallySpeaking. NaturallySpeaking has to be trained for approximately 10 minutes to recognize the user's voice. Initially, accuracy rates of 80-85% are reasonable to be expected. An expert NaturallySpeaking user can expect 98-99% recognition accuracy according to Nuance Communications, but such claims of almost perfect accuracy have never been substantiated independently. Moreover, the program itself very carefully avoids reporting on recognition rates. The 98-99% figures are unlikely to be true. So a recognition rate of 90 % is to be expected in a reasonable time. This is missing 1 word in 10 and would make a speech interface tedious. This rate would degrade in noisy environments. |
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Nintendo's Wii Game ControllerNintendo will in late 2006 release its new Wii game console with a revolutionary new game controller. To make gaming as accessible to people of all ages and all abilities, Nintendo wanted to create a controller that was as inviting as it was sophisticated. The outcome is the Wii Remote controller. Nintendo fused the familiarity of a remote control with the sophistication of motion-sensing technology to come up with an input device for the ages! Sporting the size of a traditional remote control, the wireless Wii Remote controller is a multifunctional device that is limited only by the game designer's imagination. In a tennis game, it serves as your racket you swing with your arm. In a driving game, it serves as your steering wheel. For first-person shooters, the remote acts as your weapon that you point at an enemy. The list of potential uses goes on and on. In addition to its pointing and motion-sensing abilities, the Wii Remote controller also includes a speaker, rumble feature and expansion port for additional input devices, such as the Nunchuk controller. |
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