Multitouch, is it the future?

We all remember 2002 movie Minority Report, staring Tom Cruise as the chief of the "Precrime" unit set in future DC, right?  Chief John Anderton, played by Cruise, uses this incredibly awesome, hi-tech computer by waving his hands in front of a monitor the size of his office wall.  I remember seeing that scene and thinking how cool it would be to work in an office with that computer!  That future, may not be as far away as one might think.

 

As we see more and more, multitouch technology is becoming more the norm as more companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft create devices that allows a user to use their fingers as the stylus or pointer.  So this begs the question: Is the multitouch technology, as seen in Minority Report and other science-fiction movies, the way of the future?  Gizmodo seems to think so! I ran across this article about Apple's new Magic Trackpad, which is undoubtedly cool and useful.  However, Gizmodo took it a step further, dreaming up how we as consumers want to interact with our technology.  A new paradigm for user interface is evolving around mutlitouch and fully databased-driven modal operating systems.

Check out the article and imagine how our future offices might look!

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