"We're Done - Could You Do The User Interface Now?" Why Multimedia Systems Promise a New World of Interactivity, but Fail to Deliver
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Ever since the inception of the Personal Computer, the goal of its designers was to empower individuals to work with information in new, unprecedented ways. Today’s multimedia systems have advanced this idea to a new level, with their technical prowess to process a vast array of media types, increasingly so in real time. Why is it, then, that the user interface provided to interact with this exciting new world of text, graphics, audio, and video is still largely based on metaphors from the early 80’s, and using input devices that have remained virtually unchanged for almost 40 years?
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